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> just run it only over the ocean If you look at the Overture's website (https://boomsupersonic.com/overture https://boomsupersonic.com/overture), it sounds li
by rob74 2y ago
> just run it only over the ocean
If you look at the Overture's website (https://boomsupersonic.com/overture https://boomsupersonic.com/overture), it sounds like that's exactly what they are planning to do - it's advertised as "MACH 1.7 Cruise Speed, 2X Faster over water, 20% Faster over land" - if you take Mach 0.8 as the current cruise speed of subsonic jets, 20% faster would be just barely under the speed of sound.
- kachapopopow 2y agoThe reasons why planes don't fly faster is efficiency.
- rob74 2y agoI'm aware of that, but if your selling point is speed, you'll have to sacrifice the efficiency, CO2 emissions be damned...
- kachapopopow 2y agoCO2 emissions aren't the problem, mostly the cost of operation making these that much more inaccessible to even the 1%.