Originally Posted by
tartare
Leave LHR 10am.
Assuming 2 hour crossing at FL95+ and Mach 5 or more.
Arrive JFK or LGA at 7am (do I have my sums right?)
Do deal and shake hands with Masters of Universe in midtown.
Leave at 5pm.
Presume you're well above any westerly jet-streams etc on the way home!
Back at LHR by midnight - and tucked up in bed in the Home Counties by 1am.
But what sounds really appealing is SYD-LAX in 4 hours or so.
Now that would be very cool...
And imagine flying the thing.
"Speedbird 001; top of descent, established on 100 mile final..."
That'd beat Brian Shul's speedcheck story hands down.
Sigh...
The idea that BA under its current CEO would ever operate such an aircraft is amusing. He's not exactly interested in the super-premium segment, to say the least.