The first civil supersonic jet made in the United States broke the sound barrier in testing above the Mojave Desert (northwest of Los Angeles). Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight on Tuesday, reaching Mach 1.12 (750 mph or 1500 km/h).
Commercial flights on "Overture" (Boom's supersonic airliner) are estimated to be available in 2030 and will fly at Mach 1.7 cruise — approximately twice the speed of current commercial jets.
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🎬 Skip to 1:00 (1 hour) in the video for historic moment of going supersonic.
According to their website, Overture (Boom's supersonic airline) has an order book of 130 orders and pre-orders from American Airlines, United Airlines, and Japan Airlines. They recently completed the Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina which will eventually produce over 60 Overture aircraft per year. The engines are designed to run on up to 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Would you fly on a supersonic airplane if they became readily available?
To put into perspective, on a Boom supersonic airline you could fly London to New York in 3.5 hours (it's currently 8 hours). This means long haul flight times are cut in half.
supersonic travel can not come soon enough!!! I think it is going to be a long long wait unfortunately.