Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights

Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by notahacker on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:04PM (#18828584)

The flexibility is worth more than the speed for most flights, and not many of the world's ~2000 billionaires are going to put down a large percentage of their net worth for a fast-depreciating personal transportation device that only becomes worthwhile if they need to leave their continent.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by sseveran on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:43PM (#18829564)

There is another company working on a slightly supersonic private jet (Mach 1.4).

https://www.aerionsupersonic.com

So there may end up being other options.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by reaperducer on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:26PM (#18828740)

There's always fractional aircraft ownership. I see ads for it all the time, but I don't know if it's a viable business model.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by notahacker on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:52PM (#18828885)

Fractional ownership works for the likes of Netjets buying existing aircraft types, but it's another niche-sized market and essentially a way for the superrich to avoid buying aircraft.

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