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Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner are bound to have big regrets for not considering a new supersonic jet that can fly from London to New York in under four hours.
That’s opposed to the usual five-and-a-half-hour flight between the two major cities.
We know how those girls like to whiz from place to place in no time at all, which, if they had been a little more patient, they could have done without a disregard for the planet’s health.
Besides planemaker Boom using supersonic air travel to mess with the concept of time, it’s also been dabbling in carbon-neutral operations with the latest iteration of its Overture supersonic aircraft:
Turning back the clock to the 1960s, the Overture looks astonishingly similar to the Concorde, noted Robb Report, with delta wings, four underslung engines, and a long, slim fuselage making the comparison hard to avoid.
That’s, however, where the similarities end:
…Given the six decades of technological innovation since French and British designers penned the world’s first supersonic airliner, Boom has been able to bring in some improvements.
Its composite Overture has a conventional tail, its wing has a sinuous twist and the medium-bypass turbofan engines do away with the need for afterburners—which were responsible for a substantial part of the noise levels that helped kill off Concorde.
The lack of afterburners also helps with fuel consumption, with Boom giving a nod to sustainability by vowing that its engines will run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Let it be known that using SAF will not compromise on speed.
The Overture will have a Mach 1,7 cruise speed over water, a cruising altitude of 18 kilometres, a non-stop range of 4 250 nautical miles, and a capacity of up to 80 passengers.
Boom has also partnered with Northrop Grumman to market a variant to military forces and governments for fast transport and logistics, especially handy for those red-emergency times.
The planemakers have already placed 70 orders, with options from carriers like United and Japan Airlines.
That’s also a one-up to the Concorde, which only ever had 26 built and just 14 that entered service.
Boom, it’s the future.
[source:robbreport]
