Apparently the owners of Concorde just got a patent on boom reduction this year. NASA has been working on it for a while now. Boom sonic the business jet sized competitor also holds patents and have been flying a test rig for some time too with NASA. They aim to reduce the PSI from 60,000 feet to something that won’t break glass. I am sure POTUS was shown the data before he signed off on overland flights. The routes will be transcon across flyover country in the Dakotas, Montana and the desert South West. There won’t be Concorde to anywhere but probably NYC to LAX, SFO, SEATAC to NYC maybe DFW or Houston to NYC. All the main flights will be from NYC,LAX,DC,MIAMI to intercontinental destinations.
Boom.sonic is a 50 seater and they do plan on flights all over the USA. I could see a partnership as Boom doesn’t have the legs for trans Pacific flights. They get people to LAX or NYC and then Concorde does the long legs. Boom has flown over land already at white sands and you could barely hear it at ground level impressive tech.
Some of the girls in the room started crying… they thought the Russians hit us with a bomb. It turned out it was a couple of F-101s from the local Air National Guard base that decided to go supersonic right over the city. It wasn't unheard of back then but it was unnerving as hell at that time. I recall that plate glass in the window next to me waving back and forth… but it didn't break.