Today was the first time that a Concorde carried on to New York. "The flight went well and there was clapping from onlookers and airport workers when Concorde landed," said a BA spokesman.

If cleared for commercial travel, the $33 million Venus jet could complete the 3,459-mile trip from London to New York in less than one hour, or around three times as fast as the Concorde (1,354mph).

THE 'Son of Concorde' supersonic plane being built by ... Quesst – and it is expected to cut the flight from London to New York City to just 3.5hours. Commercial supersonic flight over land ...

A ‘son of Concorde’ set to fly from New York to London in one and a half hours is a step closer to take-off – hopefully with a ‘supersonic thump’. Nasa’s X-59 quiet supersonic ...