Flying Supersonic at 4,000 MPH
Aerion of Florida's Pipeline of SSTs Source: Aerion AS2 Source: Aerion AS3 Concept Rendering LA TO Tokyo in Less Than 3 Hours A new supersonic passenger jet is under development at Aerion aviation in Orlando, Florida. The Aerion AS3 is a Mach 4 + commercial jet. The company says it can fly from LA to Tokyo in less than 3 hours and from New York to London in less than an hour. The SST can carry 50 passengers and has a range of 7,000 nautical miles. And it will be operational by the end of this decade. NASA Partnership Aerion is working with NASA's Langley Research Center on the AS3. Concept and design work are currently underway. The company unveiled a rendering of the concept yesterday. The SST will travel at an estimated speed of 4,000 mph. More details are expected later in 2021. More SSTs in the R&D Pipeline Aerion plans on develo