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Boom (and others) are working to get those rules changed to limit maximum noise rather than maximum speed. If they can figure out how to make Mach 2.0 as quiet
by mikeyouse 9y ago
Boom (and others) are working to get those rules changed to limit maximum noise rather than maximum speed. If they can figure out how to make Mach 2.0 as quiet as Mach 0.85 to people in the flight path, go for it:
http://aviationweek.com/bca/legislation-open-door-us-supersonic-flight http://aviationweek.com/bca/legislation-open-door-us-superso...
- kobeya 9y agoIt's pretty much a solved problem for the last two decades. You can use the shape of the wing and fuselage to broaden sound wave, and go supersonic at an angle of attack that sends the brunt of the transition sonic boom above the horizon or at least on a long trajectory to the ground.