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I don't. Have you ever heard a sonic boom before? Supersonic aircraft are useless over land for that reason alone, and if the regulations regarding supersonic f
by kibwen 3y ago
I don't. Have you ever heard a sonic boom before? Supersonic aircraft are useless over land for that reason alone, and if the regulations regarding supersonic flight over land were lifted then the net result would be a small number of wealthy jetsetters subjecting hundreds of millions to ongoing, unpredictable, maddening explosions, akin to living in a warzone. This scenario is one of the worst plausible futures that I can imagine. Supersonic passenger jets are a dead end.
- EPWN3D 3y agoYou could probably allow supersonic flights over the oceans and get a bit of the best of both worlds. But yeah hypersonic flights from NYC to LA are a terrible idea.
- rbanffy 3y agoDo that with suborbital rockets. Btw, they are also VERY loud.
- roeles 3y agoIn the past decades research has been done about the sonic boom and how aircraft shape influences it. This is one of the reasons new companies are looking into supersonic flight again.