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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel

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Looks like a toy for the super-rich, not a transport medium for the masses.

Look forward to the elites jetting to Davos with this thing to eat imported caviar and lecture us about carbon emissions.

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Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the Concorde, which flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused.

Why not fly it to just below the speed of sound

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We used to hear and feel Concorde's sonic boom as it left the coast heading off to New York .

Nostalgic.

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The Concorde had a top speed of Mach 2.04 So it would be funny to be in a commercial jet and to pass a F-35 going flat out at Mach 1.61. or a F/A18 Super Hornet maxed out at Mach 1.8.

Wonder what speed they will be flying when the service starts. Will it be faster than most jet fighters? A little embarrassing for the pilot of a slower fighter jet to be passed by a plane filled with passengers waving through the windows.

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As sad as it may sounds, this project is dead. They don’t have any reputable company willing to make engines for them and this is only a demonstrator, so no fuselage concept ready either.

the only way this is going to be possible is with a huge amount of money and with a very long development time, but neither of the twos seem to be stated by boom. Best case scenario, this ends like Hyperloop. Worst case scenario, like Theranos.

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As sad as it may sounds, this project is dead.

It does not sound like its dead. They have a factory built that can produce 66 aircraft a year at full output, so they already have 2 years work on the books once they dial it in with the full sized edition.

"American Airlines and United Airlines have pledged to buy jets from Boom Supersonic. Boom said last year it has orders for 130 aircraft, which include orders and pre-orders."

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https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1fdyq3h/can_someone_explain_why_boom_is_a_scam/

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