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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/08/05/airbus-patents-aircraft-that-could-reach-speeds-up-to-mach-45/?intcmp=hpbt4
"The aircraft would take off vertically like a space shuttle, and — once it would climb to more than 100,000 feet — ramjets, normally seen on missiles, would blast off to help the plane reach its super speed.
“When the vehicle has reached supersonic speed at very high altitude … the trajectory is gradually curved until it becomes horizontal,” reads the patent.
A video from patent-explaining website PatentYogi gives an overview of the proposed aircraft. Passengers on the plane would recline in hammocks, remaining comfortable for what the site calls a “rollercoaster” of a flight"
"The aircraft would take off vertically like a space shuttle, and — once it would climb to more than 100,000 feet — ramjets, normally seen on missiles, would blast off to help the plane reach its super speed.
“When the vehicle has reached supersonic speed at very high altitude … the trajectory is gradually curved until it becomes horizontal,” reads the patent.
A video from patent-explaining website PatentYogi gives an overview of the proposed aircraft. Passengers on the plane would recline in hammocks, remaining comfortable for what the site calls a “rollercoaster” of a flight"
