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Re:The only photo of the Concorde flying at supersonic speed by TylerE on Sunday January 26, 2025 @10:20PM (#42837051)
Not really. THat's an unmanned small scale model. Every credible engine manufacturer on the planet has declined to work with Boom. Viable engines do not exist and will not exist.
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Re:The only photo of the Concorde flying at supersonic speed by walterbell on Sunday January 26, 2025 @11:13PM (#42837346)
Yes, the 64-seat commercial version is years away, but this subscale prototype will carry a civilian test pilot, https://x.com/bscholl/status/1883218536476061803

  - YC incubated, 150MM+ total funding
  - quiet medium bypass turbofan engines
  - wing aspect ratio higher than Concorde
  - 5y of production orders, incl. United and American
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Re:The only photo of the Concorde flying at supersonic speed by kristianp on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:02AM (#42839682)
> We wanted to build our safety technology and culture, sop we designed XB-1 without an ejection seat.

Wat.

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