Blake Scholl tells Robb Report that its XB-1 prototype could complete its first test flight in just a few months.
, the company’s commercial supersonic jet readying for trans-oceanic travel in 2029. Scholl says the time supersonic travel saves could potentially give tens of millions of passengers the flexibility to ski in St. Moritz instead of Aspen or vacation in Sydney instead of Hawaii.
Though cars, phones, and other consumer technology has improved exponentially, commercial aerospace has not fundamentally changed since the 1960s. Supersonic flight has been slow to take off again following the 2003 retirement of the Boom says it has received 130 pre-orders from United Airlines, American Airlines, and Japan Airlines for the Overture, which will be built at the company’s factory in Greensboro, N.C. Overture is designed to fly at Mach 1.7 over water—just a hair slower than the Concorde—and run on any blend of jet fuel, including sustainable aviation fuel .
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