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The Boom aircraft incorporates some quiet supersonic technology but until they actually test it they won't know whether it's actually quiet enough.
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I agree it's not a big deal over the Atlantic, but over the Pacific it could really be huge. Flights halfway around the world are looong . I've been to Australia once, and honestly not sure I'll ever be back. Just because it is a lot of time in a seat.
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I just love spending time in rush hour traffic \s
Having to drive in bumper to bumper traffic versus chilling in a large chair either working on a laptop, watching a movie or just sleeping (or well if you can't afford it in which case this is very irreverent due to ticket prices).
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Have you done an 8 hour flight in economy? It's absolutely miserable. Noise pollution over the Atlantic affects literally noone.
It likely has an affect on whales and other marine animals as shown by a number of studies previously.
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I would love a 2-3 hour faster flight over the Atlantic when I visit family. Or even more saving when going over the Pacific. But yes, it will be affordable for only a very small group of people I am not part of. I can't even afford first class for these flights.
Business class is the way, it would be much cheaper if first-class didn't exist since I genuinely never felt so out of place when being there. But I guess the amount of money you can get from first-class customers surpasses the amount you can get from business class customers.
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Even if the noise pollution can be solved (or, as others have said, just run it only over the ocean), I don't see how this thing wouldn't pump out an immense amount of CO2. It's definitely cool and would make flying nicer, but in an era where we're trying to decarbonize, get sustainable aviation fuel going, optimize flight paths to avoid contrail warming, etc... I can't lie, there is a big part of me that hopes it do…
> just run it only over the ocean If you look at the Overture's website ( https://boomsupersonic.com/overture ), it sounds like that's exactly what they are planning to do - it's advertised as "MACH 1.7 Cruise Speed, 2X Faster over water, 20% Faster over land" - if you take Mach 0.8 as the current cruise speed of subsonic jets, 20% faster would be just barely under the speed of sound.
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It's not going to be an option, tickets will be tens of thousands of dollars
> tickets will be tens of thousands of dollars So about what a Golden Era international flight cost, inflation adjusted [1]. Not bad. [1] https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/history-o...
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Even if the noise pollution can be solved (or, as others have said, just run it only over the ocean), I don't see how this thing wouldn't pump out an immense amount of CO2. It's definitely cool and would make flying nicer, but in an era where we're trying to decarbonize, get sustainable aviation fuel going, optimize flight paths to avoid contrail warming, etc... I can't lie, there is a big part of me that hopes it do…
The biggest problem in my opinion is the same problem concord had. You had to have two planes in every source location in case one of them has problems because your customers *will not accept a delay*.
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> don't want boom supersonic to succeed You’d prefer we buy them from China? If the physics works, it works and will happen. > military (and concord I guess) have had this technology for nearly a millennium Since the millennium, maybe? Charlemagne wasn’t flying in a supersonic PJ. And no, the military has not obviously solved large-body, sustained and fuel-efficient ( i.e. non-afterburning) flight. The USAF didn’t ge…
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The military does not have relatively silent supersonic flight. Only a few US military aircraft models are even capable of supersonic flight, and they're plenty loud. In order to avoid complaints they normally they only fly that fast over designated exercise areas. The Boom aircraft incorporates some quiet supersonic technology but until they actually test it they won't know whether it's actually quiet enough.