The final commercial supersonic flight was BA002, from New York to London, on 24 October 2003. Black Shool, the boss of boom supersonic in Denver, hopes that people will not have to wait for the next two decades. Boom’s Putative Concorde replacement, overcharge, which aims to carry 64-80 passengers (Concorded 100), is not yet built. But on 28 January XB-1, a one-third-party protesters who are using their airframe techniques to test their airframe technology first broke the sound barrier.
It took a 34 -minute flight, 11 previous subconic people, flying in California from Mojav Air and Space Port. Its three fast-to-sound legs at Mach 1.11, Bell X-1 supersonic corridor-a piece of airspace, which socks, a civil facility and such high-speed activities between Edwards Air Force Base Is nominated for , One of the main centers of the US for testing military aircraft. It was also a paintimating outing of XB-1. The plan is to fly it once again next week, and then it is retired to focus on the construction of the building.
There is still a way, however, before examining passengers, not only the lesson learned from XB -1 must be transferred to the large airframe of the overcher, but also the boom has an engine production for the match. The protesting is powered by a trio of the J85–15 engines of General Electric, which was previously installed in a Canadian fighter aircraft. The main program will have four so -called symphony engines. They are being developed with in-house and scratches in 2022 of a partnership with Rolls-Royce.
Mr. Shole said that a symphony prototype will be available for ground testing by the end of the year, and a version should be prepared with all wrinkles, until 2028, prepared to match with overcharit airframe in boom factory in Northern Carolina Should go – Through allows a first flight that year. In this program, commercial flights will begin in 2029.
Surely there is commercial interest. According to Mr. Shole, the order book is currently at 130. He sees the relationship between Concorde and Overcher as a mirror that between the Apollo project and rockets created by SpaceX. Both Concord and Apollo, although technical successes were created for the reasons for national pride. When politics progressed, they became meaningless. Elon Musk’s offerings were designed from Gate-Go to earn money. There are similar plans for the overcher of Shri Shoal.
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