The Race to Build the Next Concorde

DENVER — Nearly 17 years after Concorde’s last flight, a U.S. aviation startup is about to test a prototype for the next supersonic commercial passenger jet.

Boom Supersonic will unveil its XB-1 prototype on October 7 and test flights will begin in 2021, the company said in a press release dated July 8.

Touted by the company as “history’s fastest privately developed aircraft,” the XB-1 will have only one pilot, a delta wing and a trijet layout.

The XB-1 is one-third the size of the Overture, the 55-seat supersonic airliner Boom hopes to build.

According to the company, the Overture will fly at Mach 2.2, more than twice the speed of sound. A flight from Tokyo to Seattle would take four-and-a-half hours.

Each aircraft will be priced at $200 million, and AP reports that Boom had secured preorders worth US$6 billion before the coronavirus pandemic.

Buyers include Virgin Group and Japan Airlines, which invested US$10 million in the company in 2017.

SOURCES: TechCrunch, Boom Supersonic, Associated Press

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[daichishimmura]

As longest it's efficient and Very quiet it won't go away

[minumilati]

as long as they havent figured out how to midigate sonic booms this will never be a commercialy viable option

[epicusernamexdj_xtra]

Anyone an aviation addict who's excited bout dis😱

[MimiDasTT]

if this goes 2x the speed of sound i dont think i want to walk in the cabin in flight for the rest room and when i do i miss the toilet completaly xD

[harleynguyen]

Idk why I need to say this I really love [concorde Plane’s!]

[royalteluis]

Boom doesn’t sound like a good name for a plane company

[mantasm.]

I don't know how I feel about there being only one pilot... History shows that it's not a good idea

[RIPStudioOfficial]

for 1 pilot?
thats a recipe for disaster

[juliocaesar]

I hope they figured out about the ozon layer problem and the sonic boom problem

[gemmobian]

Who's here from the last video of Mustard

[adibmouhanna]

That means the death cruiser 10 will be retired from aviation
And the 737 NG/MAX will be the next modern Concorde killer

[phantonics]

Seems a bit cramped tho, and i cant imagine crashing at mach 2. Seems horrifying

[khairulusacc]

Boom looks so not appealing. Still prefer concord

[ElectronicsForFun]

but it's useless. because of sonic boom super sonic flight is illegal in most air spaces. it would only be able to make trans atlantic and trans pacific flights, and the first and last legs of it's journey it wouldn't be able to fly super sonic until it got away from main lands.

[mitsuri]

It's sad it's only the women and the guy with accent left :(