The vision of Barcelona-based designer, Oscar Viñals, The Hyper Sting would travel at a speed of 4,287 km/h (2,664 mph). That’s more than three times the speed of sound and almost twice the speed of Concorde. Put simply: it would cut the transatlantic flight five-fold.
It’s being hailed as the potential next generation of air travel – but it’s not the first foray into supersonic passenger air travel. Viñals is the designer behind other large-scale, fast-flight projects, including the Sky Whale and Big Bird. It would fly 170 passengers within its 328ft (100m) interior – that’s 100ft (30m) longer than the Concorde.
Plus its wingspan of 169ft (52m) dwarfs Concorde’s 85ft (26m). READ MORE...
