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Boom strikes me as a poor name for a plane. I think NotBoom might be better.
by cozzyd 5y ago
Boom strikes me as a poor name for a plane.
I think NotBoom might be better.
- nacs 5y agoMy thoughts exactly. Not just for the "Boom" catastrophic-explosion aspect but also for the very-loud "Boom" sound created as the supersonic speed barrier is crossed.
- sneak 5y agoSonic booms are a continuous wavefront, not caused only once upon crossing the "supersonic speed barrier", but radiating outward continuously from the aircraft (or rather a compression point in front of the aircraft) as it travels. Everyone under the flight path of a supersonic craft gets to hear the boom as it passes over them, even though it is "already" supersonic.
- capableweb 5y agoDo airplanes usually spontaneously explode? I'd agree "Crash" would be a aweful name, but "Boom Supersonic" makes a lot of sense since most people know what kind of sound gets made once you reach supersonic speeds, while I don't remember any exploding planes really, but my memory has been off before.
- cozzyd 5y agoWhat it immediately brings to mind is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590
- occams_chainsaw 5y agoI think people would more likely associate "boom" with the times planes not-so-spontaneously explode
- bencollier49 5y agoWell most aeroplanes don't spontaneously explode, but the Boom's immediate progenitor Concorde is famous for having done exactly that in Paris upon takeoff. And that was the end of that.
- some_random 5y agoThe company is Boom, the plane is Overture.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoZoom was taken.
- baobabKoodaa 5y ago"Boom Supersonic" sounds like a company name I might have invented when I was 12.
- MikusR 5y agoNo boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoYes, I wondered at first if it was for real. I mean who okays "Boom" as the name of an aircraft company?
- aerospace_guy 5y agoLikely due to the relation between supersonic jets and sonic booms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
- JKCalhoun 5y agoIf you have to explain your name then you probably should have kept looking.
- benhurmarcel 5y agoNot worse than Slack as a productivity tool, and yet it didn’t seem to matter.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoHa ha, that's true. But it's not my life that I am entrusting to Slack.
- notatoad 5y agoit's a perfectly fine name for attracting media attention and VC dollars. in a few years they'll sell their IP to boeing or airbus and the name will go away.