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Please don't let COVID-19 kill this thing. They're going to need a lot of money to build the full-size plane and it's going to be hard to get it if airlines are
by makerofspoons 6y ago
Please don't let COVID-19 kill this thing. They're going to need a lot of money to build the full-size plane and it's going to be hard to get it if airlines are cancelling orders and not placing any new ones for planes: https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/wordpress/2020/05/19/airbus-and-boeing-report-april-2020-commercial-aircraft-orders-and-deliveries/ https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/wordpress/2020/05/19/a...
- jazzyjackson 6y agoOTOH if flying becomes more rare, then the only demand left will be from people with deep pockets. Maybe the only way there is a market for supersonic jets is if all the other long haul routes go bankrupt.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoAnd the people with really deep pockets already have a jet. ;-)
- jazzyjackson 6y agoEven then, the Cessna might not have the juice to get to Tokyo nonstop.
- na85 6y agoA Gulfstream does
- ghaff 6y agoI know you're half-joking but it is still often missed in these discussions that private flight (whether owning a jet or something like NetJets) is an existing competitor. And I assume that many wealthier people would rather fly private (for a variety of reasons) than commercial, even if the commercial jet is faster and/or has longer range.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> They're going to need a lot of money to build the full-size plane The chance is zero of Boom succeeding, regardless of how much money they raise.