Australia in 4 hours!

[annie]

Imagine flying to Australia in four hours - it could become reality thanks to Lancashire's defence giant BAE

LANCASHIRE’S defence giant is launching a project to combine jet and rocket engines to hurtle crafts at speeds of up to 25 times the speed of sound.

BAE Systems, which employs more than 10,000 people at sites in Warton and Samlesbury, announced on the Stock Exchange that it is investing £20.6 million in Reaction Engines Limited to acquire 20 per cent of the Oxfordshire company.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ne ... giant_BAE/

[JaneJ]

Goodness! What a speed to travel. The g force would have your face on the back of your head when you arrive!

[wendy]

You must be so proud.
It is good to read such news because all we usually read is steel works closing.
This plane has brought work for thousands of people.
Wonderful.

[maureenho]

Wow only 4 hours.

[Rosalind]

That is fast.