Imagine boarding a flight which enables a journey from London to Sydney to take only four-and-a-half hours? One UK-based company is building an engine to power aircraft for hypersonic flight in the atmosphere.
The Sabre engine is reportedly capable of Mach 5.4 in ‘air-breathing’ mode, and Mach 25 in rocket mode for space flight – image courtesy of Reaction Engines. Reaction Engines has devised a unique rocket engine, named Sabre, that could allow aircraft to fly much faster than traditional jets. Unlike jet engines,…
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