Faster Than Concorde: Can We Travel New York to London in 60 Minutes?

Concorde flew New York to London in under 3 hours. The SR-71 Blackbird did it in 1:54:56. So why can't we do it in 60 minutes? From the Queen Mary in 1936 to hypersonic scramjets, SpaceX-style rocket travel, Hyperloop vacuum tubes and a tunnel through the Earth, we test every serious idea. Every answer creates a new problem, and the hardest one isn't speed. 00:00 The 4-Day Commitment (Queen Mary, 1936) 00:33 The Target: Mach 5 on Average 01:07 Then It Stopped (Jet Age) 01:53 The One We Built (Concorde) 02:54 The Blackbird Record (SR-71) 03:31 The Engine That Cannot Breathe (Scramjets, X-43A, X-51A) 04:51 Not a Flight. A Launch. (Rocket Travel) 05:56 Remove the Air (Vacuum Tubes, Hyperloop) 06:56 Under It, or Through It (Transatlantic Tunnel, Gravity Train) 07:53 We Have Had the Speed Since 1961 (Orbit) 08:24 A Completely Different Problem Key facts: Queen Mary 1936 eastbound record 3d 23h 57m · fastest subsonic crossing 4:56 (British Airways 747, 2020) · Concorde record 2:52:59 (1996) · SR-71 New York to London 1:54:56 (1974) · X-43A Mach 9.6 (2004) · X-51A 210 s scramjet run (2013). Footage: NASA, U.S. Air Force/DVIDS, NOAA, U.S. National Archives, Prelinger Archives, Pexels · CC BY/BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons: Kauko Helavuo, Oleg Yunakov, Elgaard, Calvin411, Thermal_Axis, 2rue/BarsMonster/Ron Meerbeek · Music: original score #concorde #sr71 #aviation #hypersonic #scramjet #newyork #london #transatlantic #spacex #hyperloop #aerospace #engineering #airplane #documentary #notthesame