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American Airlines agrees to buy 20 supersonic planes from Boom
CNBC ^ | 16 August 2022 | Phil LeBeau

Posted on 08/16/2022 5:20:37 AM PDT by zeestephen

American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic...Boom says the Overture jet will fly as fast as Mach 1.7, or 1,304 mph...Boom will build the jet at a new manufacturing plant in North Carolina and expects to roll out the first model in 2025, with the first flight in 2026...Overture will enter commercial service by the end of the decade.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: americanairlines; boomsupersonic; northcarolina; notgonnahappen; overture; phillebeau
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To: zeestephen

Sorry, I read the link.

It requires unicorn farts for fuel.


21 posted on 08/16/2022 6:15:46 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
BOOM is a very unfortunate choice of name for an airplane.

If they ever have an accident, there will be a million jokes including the two words "...goes BOOM!..."

What the hell were they thinking?

22 posted on 08/16/2022 6:19:26 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,823,787 users on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76

What about “Boeing”, sounds like “Boing”, as in “Boing! I think a part of the engine just flew off!”


23 posted on 08/16/2022 6:20:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CodeJockey

Net zero eh? If any of these assclowns took into, er, do they simply ignore the production process for EVERYTHING and the petro by products required? Well, saving muvver erf aint easy. 😵🌈


24 posted on 08/16/2022 6:20:29 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: dfwgator

Haven’t heard that one yet and a lot of Boeings have gone down over the years.


25 posted on 08/16/2022 6:22:09 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,823,787 users on Truth Social)
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To: zeestephen

Democrats and enviro-nazis will shut down the plant in 3,2,1..


26 posted on 08/16/2022 6:22:19 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: 3RIVRS

This plane will never fly.


^ This + 1


27 posted on 08/16/2022 6:22:51 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: DAC21

The sister-ship, “Bust”, will be much more advanced.../s


28 posted on 08/16/2022 6:25:14 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: DownInFlames

Been over a decade since the last NASA crewed mission. Musk and the rooskis have been taking care of it. But, Artemis is scheduled to do an uncrewed moon shot around August 28. Should be an interesting launch.


29 posted on 08/16/2022 6:25:55 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Jim Noble

“It requires unicorn farts for fuel.”

Yup—the article says “sustainable lower emissions” fuel.

Wtf is that?


30 posted on 08/16/2022 6:26:44 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: zeestephen

Boom translates into Chinese as Bim, Bam, Bop!


31 posted on 08/16/2022 6:27:44 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Where has Biden bin hidin?)
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To: VTenigma

I remember seeing lots of these in “Popular Mechanics” as a kid.


32 posted on 08/16/2022 6:27:49 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: zeestephen

And the exhaust will smell like fried chicken!


33 posted on 08/16/2022 6:28:18 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: cgbg
Yup—the article says “sustainable lower emissions” fuel. Wtf is that?

Maybe it's all-electric LOL.

34 posted on 08/16/2022 6:28:57 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival)
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To: rktman

We do live in interesting times—the question is—will another crazy conspiracy theory turn out to be conspiracy fact? The debate—one way or the other—will be over soon:

https://www.aulis.com/investigation.htm


35 posted on 08/16/2022 6:29:09 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: cgbg
“It requires unicorn farts for fuel.” Yup—the article says “sustainable lower emissions” fuel. Wtf is that?


Kind of like E85 of aviation fuel?
36 posted on 08/16/2022 6:30:01 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Where has Biden bin hidin?)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

No horizontal stabilizer, no canards, not a real design.


37 posted on 08/16/2022 6:32:17 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Jim Noble

“This is some kind of scam, or hustle.”

It seems to be. Their engine design was reported to violate the law of physics. They were located at the airport where I flew and we all knew each other. It is a severely underfunded operation.


38 posted on 08/16/2022 6:33:57 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: SamAdams76

That name shows such questionable judgement that I’d be wary getting anywhere near their aircraft. At the very least I would wait a few years to see how they pan out. I would not be an “early adopter.”


39 posted on 08/16/2022 6:37:30 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: zeestephen

But, but, globull warming.


40 posted on 08/16/2022 6:38:06 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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