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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:07PM (#32489586)
You can, it's just so loud it becomes health risk to even share a runway with it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by Danieru on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:27PM (#32490386)
To save others the click: that plane never reached super sonic.

What makes the turboprop itself supersonic is the blades are traveling super sonic. Normal turboprops are limited by keeping their blade tips below super sonic to prevent booms and vibration. It is not special to go super sonic at the blade tips, this experimental plane only served to confirm that.

So it is correct to say no turboprop plane has ever gone super sonic and the idea that boom is turboprop powered is wrong on its face.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by jcampbell1 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:10PM (#32490228)
That plane didn’t go supersonic. It is impossible for a propeller driven aircraft to go supersonic.
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