{"id":271459,"date":"2010-02-03T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5463185"},"modified":"2010-02-03T10:20:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:20:33","slug":"aircruise-from-london-to-new-york-in-37hrs-in-concept-land-only-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/271459","title":{"rendered":"Aircruise From London To New York In 37hrs (In Concept-Land Only) [Concepts]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_aircruiser7_01.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/>With the Concorde long gone, it&#8217;s up to big-thinking companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seymourpowell.com\/\">Seymourpowell<\/a> to dream up new transatlantic travel routes. Enter the Aircruise, which would be powered by solar power and a hydrogen fuel cell, sailing in the air at 90mph.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, it&#8217;d take a while to get from London to New York (37 hours, in fact), so won&#8217;t be replacing the Concorde any time soon (particularly at concept stage), but the passengers would be treated like kings and queens in their luxurious apartments. It&#8217;s more akin to the cruise your mother goes on when your dad checks out\/checks in with a younger woman.<\/p>\n<p>Just like a glass-bottomed boat, the Aircruise would have glass floors for seeing the land and sea beneath you. It&#8217;s but a distant future sadly, but one I&#8217;m looking forward to. 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