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Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes by jandrese on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:15PM (#11331509)
The no commercial sonic booms legislation might go away if it were an American company asking for it. I have no doubt that the Concorde being foreign owned helped speed that legislation through Congress.

Of course being a little no-name company won't help matters much here, but I expect that actual production of this would involve a partnership (or probably buyout) with one of the big name companies that have a lot of congressmen on their payroll.

There has also been a lot of research into minimizing Sonic Booms since the 70s. Military jets typically don't care, but passenger jets could definitely benefit.

Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes by pjscott on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:34AM (#11334441)
If they can get supersonic passenger planes flying over the ocean again, they won't be an obscure company anymore.