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Boom shows off its XB-1 supersonic demonstration passenger airliner
Tech Crunch ^
| 1/12/2017
| Darrell Etherington
Posted on 01/12/2017 5:01:57 PM PST by bkopto
If youre old enough to remember the Concorde, then startup Booms plans to bring supersonic flight back to commercial passenger air travel is huge. Now Boom is one step closer, as it reveals the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a 1/3-scale prototype of its Boom supersonic passenger aircraft, which will be doing its first supersonic test flights later this year.
The scale demonstration craft is meant to be technically representative of what the final airliner will offer, and includes GE engines, Honeywell avionics and Tencate structural carbon fiber elements. Partner Virgin Galactic is going to be helping Boom build its first production aircraft, offering engineering and manufacturing as well as testing and operations support. Virgin also has optioned Booms first 10 vehicles, so its also the startups first customer.
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:01:57 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: bkopto
Is the first picture the single seat fighter version?
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:03:05 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: bkopto
“When you fly, make sure you go BOOM!”
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:06:49 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Females DESTROYED America.)
To: SkyPilot
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:07:05 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: SkyPilot
My first thought was it’s resemblance to a T-36.
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:08:38 PM PST
by
jimtorr
To: bkopto
The fact that both Boeing *and* Airbus have avoided a supersonic aircraft like the plague should tell these guys something.Of course it can be *done*...the question is if it can be done to make a profit for the manufacturer *and* the airlines.
To: bkopto
If youre old enough to remember the ConcordeGood gracious. How old do you have to be?
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:10:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I guess we are getting real old.
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:11:44 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
To: bkopto
So, if Korean Airlines buys this, will it be labeled KA Boom?
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:13:13 PM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(It's gonna be bloody.)
To: BenLurkin
Hell I'm old enough to remember the XB-70
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:27:57 PM PST
by
tophat9000
(Tophat9000)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:30:24 PM PST
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: bkopto
Looks more than a little like a scaled-up F-20 Tigershark.
Okay, maybe *just* a little.
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posted on
01/12/2017 5:38:48 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: bkopto
Chinese are being fabricated on this photos. Cheaper and good for one landoff. Flight and landing not guaranteed.
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posted on
01/12/2017 6:11:08 PM PST
by
keving
(We get the government we vote)
To: bkopto
That thing needs longer landing gear........maybe move the wheels closer together, too.
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posted on
01/12/2017 6:49:02 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(Sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: bkopto
Does it have a sweeping broom on the nose to clear the runway of foreign object debris on takeoff?
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posted on
01/12/2017 7:19:45 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
To: tophat9000
Heck I’ve traveled on DC-7s, Lockheed Electras, Vicounts and even a Convair 880.
Except for the 880, low and slow.
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posted on
01/12/2017 7:43:58 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: jimtorr
You mean T-38?
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posted on
01/12/2017 7:52:23 PM PST
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: bkopto
Even if you could BEAM from JFK to LAX it would STILL be 3 hours on the ground getting felt up by strangers.
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posted on
01/13/2017 11:55:29 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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