How much time will it take an ocean liner to travel from New York City to London, England?
Please answer the same question but for a military jet. A: The Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner transits the Atlantic from New York City to Southampton, England (a port about 90 miles [145 km] southwest of London) in 6 days. Cunard is the only cruise line that schedules regular crossings. QE2 can cross in less than 6 days at her top speed (37 mph, 60 kph). But she usually glides along (31 mph, 50 kph) while passengers visit spas, take in a movie, or dip in swimming pools (three of them), says Julie Davis of Cunard Line. Military jets (and commercial airlines) cut the time to about 7 hours. Military jets fly at commercial-aircraft speeds to save fuel and go farther. Fighters and bombers can and do reach supersonic speeds to outmaneuver the enemy or reach a target swiftly. Routinely, however, they fly at about 80% of sound speed (Mach 0.8) — about the same speed (560 mph, 900 km/h) as an airliner, says Jeff Scott, aerospace engineer of the Naval Air Warfare Center. They can go faster, thoug
