A hypersonic aircraft is being developed that can fly from China to the USA in 2 hours.

Specialists from China began to develop an ultra-high-speed aircraft that can fly from Beijing to New York in almost two hours. The aircraft can reach speeds of up to 6000 km / h, which is about 5 times the speed of sound. Supervises the development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

At the moment, the flight from the Chinese capital to New York takes, on average, 14 hours, which is a significant problem for many passengers. Such terms for the delivery of goods are also extremely inconvenient. To facilitate the process of interaction between countries, and creating a new unique model of the aircraft.

As a result of tests of the reduced model, carried out in a wind tunnel, the device managed to develop a speed of 5-7 Mach, which corresponds to 6 115-8 600 km / h. It was recorded frontal resistance of a small degree and a high level of lift.

The name of the new aircraft is I Plane.Scientists calculated that its average carrying capacity is 5 tons, and about 50 passengers can be on board at the same time. In the magazine Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy published work containing information on the ideas of scientists, detailed technical characteristics of the new apparatus and its scope.