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If the overland regulation changed, there would very likely be Supersonic business jets after a decade or too. Boom the only company trying to seriously do it,
by panick21_ 1y ago
If the overland regulation changed, there would very likely be Supersonic business jets after a decade or too.
Boom the only company trying to seriously do it, and they are facing a major uphill battle and will need many billions more.
And this NASA project doesn't really solve the problem, because its primary way to avoid the noise, is to reduce what would be cabin space for the already limited space. So that makes commercial viability even worse.
- burnt-resistor 1y ago14 CFR 91.817 was changed in the US, sort of, by executive order (depending on if this is legal) and by a proposed bill Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act (SAMA) H.R.3410 https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/breaking-the-sound-barrier-again https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/breaking-the-sound-barrier-...
- Robotbeat 1y agoI mean, the FAA changes regulations all the time without Congress (when people talk about regulators as a fourth branch of the government, this is what they mean). FAA is under the direction of the Executive Branch.