[Red Badger]

FROM BOOM SUPERSONIC WEBSITE:

https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/xb-1-live-blog-flight-test-program

[Red Badger]

SUPERSONIC AVIATION PING!.........

[NorthMountain]

The company expects five more flights before it's ready to break the sound barrier.

This flight was to 0.69 Mach ... they're proceeding carefully.

[jerod]

It doesn’t appear to have a lot of passenger room... Will they be creating a commercial version, or will this be purely private passenger aviation?

[Jeff Chandler]

I see outlines for windows but no actual passenger windows. Perhaps those will be in the full size model.

Although, I’ve thought for some time now that windows aren’t necessary. Exterior cameras and interior screens would seem to be superior.

[cpdiii]

From the article: It will have a range of 4,250 nautical miles (4,891 miles / 7,869 km), which means it could make the trip from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia without having to stop for fuel.

Wrong. Sydney is 12050 km from LA. It would fall out of the air from fuel exhaustion somewhere over the South Pacific. The author of this article is an idiot and has a problem with math.

I can not see this craft as a commercial success. Aerodynamic drag is a function of velocity squared. Example: A modern jet airliner will fly at about 550 knots, this craft will be flying at about 1300 knots. 550 knots squared =302500, 1300 knots squared =1690000. Thus the drag at that speed is 5.5 times greater. Fuel burn will kill it as a commercial success.

It may have a niche market for those of great wealth. Fuel burn and range killed the Concord as it will this new aircraft.

I lived near Heathrow Airport in the 70s. Concord would fly over my house daily. I never tired of seeing that beautiful machine and the roar of the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbojet engines.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

“We’re talking US$12,000 for a luxury round trip.”

Not if you have a Saudi government subsidized flight. I was making arrangements for my trip home with my travel agent. Decided I wanted to fly business class. I had it mostly set up when my travel agent informed me that if I spent 500 dollars more and didn’t mind a lay over in London, I could fly on the Concorde. I said sign me up. Was a great flight. Mach 2 at 60 thousand feet baby.

My favorite speed records were set by Maj Henry J. Deutschendorf. You might know of his famous son John Deutschendorf, who went by the stage name John Denver.

https://www.aftc.af.mil/News/On-This-Day-in-Test-History/Article-Display-Test-History/Article/2457446/january-12-1961-b-58-hustler-sets-new-official-world-speed-record/#:~:text=A%20Strategic%20Air%20Command%20B-58%20Hustler%20crew%2C%20led,with%20a%201%2C000-kg%20payload%20and%20with%20no%20payload.

[Taxman]

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 were based @ Muroc Army Air Field, which is now Edwards AFB.

[SaveFerris]

Make money with Boom!

[SaveFerris]

If it’s not the XB-70 Valkyrie I’m not going.....

I want them to rebuild the #2 prototype

If it’s 737 Max, I’m DEFINITELY not going......

[Nachoman]

I don’t know that I would fly with an airline named BOOM.

[Drago]

To be built in Greensboro, North Carolina:

https://boomsupersonic.com/overture

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nc-bound-boom-supersonic-just-completed-its-fifth-test-flight-how-is-it-performing/ar-AA1rWITb

https://www.flyingmag.com/how-north-carolina-got-booms-overture-superfactory/

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/boom-opens-supersonic-factory-north-carolina-1235657781/