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I don't see them addressing the first and main challenge to supersonic flight: regulation

• onion2k 10y ago
  This is pure speculation on my part, but isn't most supersonic flight regulation essentially anti-competitive behaviour by the US government because Concorde wasn't an American-made aircraft? Even if that isn't true I think the main problem was the ludicrous sound levels from the engines, which an electric plane wouldn't suffer from (as much). If Boom demonstrate that they can make a working plane I imagine a lot of the red tape would just disappear.
  • ealexhudson 10y ago
    The engines don't create the ludicrous sound; the force of an object moving through the air faster than the speed of sound creates the sonic boom. While some designs can mitigate this it doesn't seem that Boom has an answer here except for keeping the aircraft small.
    • onion2k 10y ago
      New York Port Authority banned Concorde because it was too noisy on take off.