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This is a new generation
of supersonic airliners.
It's called the Boom Overture
supersonic transport airliner
by Colorado-based aerospace
developer Boom Technology.
The Mach 2.2, or 2,300
kilometers per hour,
55-passenger supersonic airliner
will have a flight range of
4,500 nmi, or 8,300 kilometers,
and is reported to cut
flight times by half.
The aircraft will be
able to take passengers
from London to New York in
under three-and-a-half hours.
The journey from London
to San Francisco or Tokyo
will be just six hours.
It's claimed to be carbon neutral,
meaning it will be eco-friendly
and only use sustainable aviation fuel.
The alternative jet fuel will
be provided by Prometheus Fuels,
a California-based company
with technology to produce low-carbon fuel
that economically removes
carbon dioxide from the air
with a process that uses
renewable electricity
to turn it into jet fuel.
Boom Technology believes that
using carbon-neutral fuel
will lay the groundwork for a
sustainable supersonic future.
It's hard to believe that
the last Concorde flight
flew in 2003.
And now the Boom Overture,
touted as the new-age Concorde,
has big shoes to fill.
The first flight for the
one-third scale demonstrator
called XB-1 or Baby Boom with
two seats is planned for 2021.
This demonstrator aircraft
will have the same capabilities
as the full-sized jet meant
for commercial air travel
and aims to prove in flight the
key technologies and design.
It will maintain Mach 2.2
and have a range of 1,000 nautical miles
or 1,900 kilometers.
After extensive tests are completed
for the XB-1 or Baby Boom
and the safety standards are satisfied,
especially due to the infamous
crashes of the Concorde,
Boom Technology then plans
to introduce Boom Overture
to the skies in 2025.
The Boom factory will be sized to assemble
up to 100 aircrafts per year
for a 1,000 to 2,000
potential aircraft market
over 10 years.
Are you excited to be able to fly
on the new era of Concorde?
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