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Supersonic passenger jet - NYC⇒LDN in 3½ hours
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Andreas Klinger

Boom - Supersonic passenger jet - NYC⇒LDN in 3½ hours

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Abe Storey
I feel like this is something out of Silicon Valley..... The Tv show
Vincent Birlouez
Not sure about the name...It also felt strange to click on "GET IT" but great stuff anyhow, Concorde is born again.
Michael Mahemoff
If Boom happens, hopefully they will find a way to operate in California, something Concorde wasn't able to pull off long term. SF/LA ✈ UK/EU in under 5 hours 🙏
Blake Scholl
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@mahemoff We'll be able to operate out of any international airport in California (flying SF->Tokyo, LA->Sydney, etc.). The main restriction today is a ban on supersonic flight over land in the US. Until the regulations are updated, we'll focus on routes that are mostly over water, where supersonics can offer a big speedup.
Michael Aleo
The problem isn't creating an aircraft that can do it—it's getting a carrier to put these into service. If this was financially feasible for carriers to fly, Boeing, Lockheed, Airbus, or Embraer would have created one. The technical and engineering aspects aren't beyond their abilities, it's all about if United, American, Delta, Air France, Virgin, etc will actually purchase and use the planes. EDIT: I wanted to do the right thing and follow up this comment with the news that Virgin optioned ten planes (http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/23...). It's a good start and a good sign for the company. Optioning isn't a sure thing, but it's the right first step. Congratulations to the team for that!
Tao Ni
Electric cars (e.g. Tesla) has a proven market: people will buy cars and will buy better cars. Supersonic jet? Not entirely sure, especially after the horrific crash that ended Concorde. Even during the Concorde era, it's interesting to find out the unit economics and investigate why no one has ever created a successor since then. Curious if there is a proven market. For instance, are the airlines gonna purchase the supersonic jet)? How many passengers are willing to pay the high price for saving the time (after all, time-saving would be the stronger value proposition than "a different experience")? But anyways, bravos to the creators of the product of this scale! 👍
Varun Dave
Such an exciting news. Pushing Boundaries!
Blake Scholl
Maker
@varundave Thanks!
Trenton Bricken
With the rise of Internet access of commercial flights, people will care less about getting from A to B slightly faster...
Blake Scholl
Maker
@trentonbricken Internet sure makes air travel more tolerable. But we're not talking about "slightly faster" here though. We're talking 6 hours LA/Sydney instead of 15.
Pierre Vannier
What about kerozen consumption in times aricraft builders are struggling with lower and lower consumption engine?
Richart Ruddie
Is the reason for no cross country flights because of Sonic Boom restrictions that have not been resolved yet? Also impressive that you are able to get New York to London at 3.4 hours as CNN pegged it at 4 hours: http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/26/...
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