Germany - Airshow: Berlin prepares for supersonic display featuring world's fastest aircraft - by Darren Boyle

Thousands of visitors will arrive in Berlin for the city's 2016 airshow which will feature some of the most advanced military and civilian aircraft currently available. 

More than 200 aircraft will be on display, many of them performing test flights above the crowds, including Second World War-era  Messerschmitt Me 109 fighter and an Me 262, the first production jet aircraft.

Vintage aircraft fans will also see a DC-3 'candy bomber' which took part in the Berlin Airlift and helped save the city from starvation. 

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Aircraft Industry: Plan to build superfast jet - by Geoffrey Thomas

Spike Aerospace

Boston-based Spike Aerospace is designing the world's first supersonic business jet, which will be capable of flying from Perth to Sydney in less than two hours.

Spike is working with a consortium including Boeing, Gulfstream, Airbus and NASA on the project.
Targeted at business users, the Spike S-512 will carry up to 18 passengers in luxury and will cost $80 million. It could fly from Perth to Sydney in one hour and 50 minutes.

The plane will have a range of 7400km and will be 40m long with an 18m wingspan. Spike hopes to make the first deliveries by 2018.

However, the company said there were many obstacles - the biggest being the plane's sonic boom.

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