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From the article: "Today, Boom has 11 people, six of them pilots... Unlike Scholl, these folks have serious industry bona fides. Joe Wilding, the co-founder an
by abstractbill 10y ago
From the article: "Today, Boom has 11 people, six of them pilots... Unlike Scholl, these folks have serious industry bona fides. Joe Wilding, the co-founder and chief engineer, was a standout at three aerospace startups, designing passenger planes from scratch. Andy Berryann, the head of propulsion, used to work at Pratt & Whitney, building parts of the engine for a supersonic fighter jet. Other employees came from NASA, Lockheed Martin, and a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, Scaled Composites."
- Pamar 10y agoI am pretty sure they know how to design (and maybe build) airplanes. This will not automatically mean they will be good at selling them, or build a business around them.
- whiddershins 10y agoIsn't that the whole point of YCombinator?