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Re: Boom supersonic jet readies for rollout

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>the development of the first privately built supersonic airliner and the second ever after Concorde Sad that in a rather specialized article author isn't familiar with such basic facts.

From the fact that you've been modded down, it seems the author wasn't the only one to forget the TU144.

Re: Boom supersonic jet readies for rollout

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post #5

>the development of the first privately built supersonic airliner and the second ever after Concorde Sad that in a rather specialized article author isn't familiar with such basic facts.

From the fact that you've been modded down, it seems the author wasn't the only one to forget the TU144.

I'd imagine that had more to do with the tone of the comment. Would be more helpful to readers if it said "actually, the first supersonic aircraft for commercial use was the tu144 made by tupolev from the Soviet union"

Re: Boom supersonic jet readies for rollout

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>scaled prototype

It's still a supersonic jet, just not the one you want. What is essentially a privately-built supersonic fighter jet is still impressive, but how much more investment will they need for the full size passenger version?

Blake said last year to Forbes that development would take about 6 billion dollars.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2019/01/04/boom-...

So yeah it’s gonna take a lot more money. I hope they get it!

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