Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
by ropiku on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:59PM
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The issue with it is that supersonic flight (due to noise) is only allowed over non-populated areas so a business jet variant is less useful unless you spend most of your time flying over the ocean (and not coast-to-coast for instance).
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Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
by rdl on Monday March 21, 2016 @01:00PM
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Yeah, it's also super inefficient/cramped/etc. compared to a G650/BBJ/etc, so it would only really make sense as a "second" business jet in a corp/personal/royal fleet, or, more likely, part of a fleet somewhere like NetJets. It's the "entire aircraft, on demand" part on a mostly finite set of routes, not the "fly anywhere you want", with this.
Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
by BinaryIdiot on Monday March 21, 2016 @02:22PM
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> The issue with it is that supersonic flight (due to noise)
Actually it's with the technology currently in use with supersonic flight that there is this large amount of noise. It's technically possible to reach supersonic without the boom and NASA is currently working on it with some contractors. I hope it pans out well; I would love to be able to fly between BWI and SFO in 2 hours.
http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-building-a-jet-that-brea...