Posted on 08/14/2022 2:08:17 PM PDT by DFG
The world hasn’t seen commercial supersonic travel in nearly 20 years since the Concorde was retired in 2003, but all that is about to change with the development of a new, environmentally friendly airliner.
Meet Overture – the world’s fastest airliner that was developed by Denver-based Boom Supersonic.
With 26 million hours of designing and testing, Overture will run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as it flies at Mach 1.7 over the ocean, shuttling between 68-80 passengers up to nearly 5,000 miles.
The updated design features four engines that will keep weight and temperature balanced, which will also lower the size requirements of the wing-mounted engines.
Boom says that smaller engines will lower the thrust requirements for each one.
And the lower the thrust – the quieter they will run.
“With no afterburners and buzz-free engines, Overture’s takeoffs will blend in with existing long-haul fleets, resulting in a quieter experience for both passengers and airport communities,” Boom said on its website.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Wow. I just looked up and saw 12 of them in the sky.
I also remember watching those cable shows on Discovery Channel, like “2000 Plus”, in the 1990s.
Also, probably 10% For The Big Guy to get this story published, etc.
Years away...
What kind of fuel does it use?
Travel for rich and infamous government clowns.
60 - 80 passengers? Hard to see it making a profit.
100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
3000 yrs in the making?
A Menu of Sustainable Feedstocks for Producing SAF
An estimated 1 billion dry tons of biomass can be collected sustainably each year in the United States, enough to produce 50–60 billion gallons of low-carbon biofuels. These resources include:
Corn grain
Oil seeds
Algae
Other fats, oils, and greases
Agricultural residues
Forestry residues
Wood mill waste
Municipal solid waste streams
Wet wastes (manures, wastewater treatment sludge)
Dedicated energy crops.
This vast resource contains enough feedstock to meet the projected fuel demand of the U.S. aviation industry, additional volumes of drop-in low carbon fuels for use in other modes of transportation, and produce high-value bioproducts and renewable chemicals.
unicorn farts not on the list thought
John Kerry and Al Gore already have theirs on order. Scr3w the little people, right?
“With 26 million hours of designing and testing”
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Not a chance in Hades this number is accurate.
I’d like the contract for the twenty-foot windshield wipers.
Other than being a fixed delta wing rather than a variable geometry wing, it looks a lot like Boeings SST design from the 60’s.
26,000,000/2000=13,000 man years.
This sounds pre-posterous!
My SIL works for one of the turbine engine manufacturers.
These Boom guys are, shall we say, incredibly optimistic.
Especially about who is gonna bankroll the development, validation, and tooling of a unique engine. Which is a whole lotta money.
This greenie Jet fuel currently costs 6X what petroleum based jet fuel costs.
Hey, if you are going to lose money, go big!
Well then, maybe it IS true, that the unicorns never got on the Ark. 🤗
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