![]() ![]() Yes, this example is ridiculously, almost pointless unrealistic and abstract BUT-hypersonic speeds cut that down to about 1.9 seconds, the X-15 to blistering 1.4 seconds, and the X-34A to 0.97 seconds. The world's shortest passenger flight, Westray to Papa Westray in Scotland, is just 53 seconds and covers 1.7 miles.Not even enough time to watch Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's shortest movie in years. The X-15 could swing it in about 30 seconds shy of two hours. At hypersonic speeds, you could expect to make the trip in a cool two hours and 40 minutes. The Airbus A380 taking the inaugural flight landed after 16 hours and 24 minutes. The flight from Dubai to New Zealand recently became the longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance at 8,824 miles.The X-43A meanwhile, could make the trip in 26 minutes. At hypersonic speeds that takes about 50 minutes-and only 37 minutes in an X-15. ![]() The longest commercial flight in the contiguous United States is Miami to Seattle at 2,724 miles or about six hours and 40 minutes in typical flight time.At a paltry speed of Mach 1, it would take over a day and a half-about 37 hours and 45 minutes. The X-15 could do it in just over five and a half, and the X-34A in just three hours and 55 minutes. ![]()
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