A schedule moved? Well THAT'S never happened in the history of space flight. *cough* Falcon Heavy *cough*, *cough*. And how about Blue Origin? Guess they aren't serious either eh? I mean how many slips has their New Shepard had?
Archibald said:This is a much, much more serious source thant freakkin' wikipedia.
Archibald said:Ah I see, you don't bother to read what I'm posting. Or perhaps you don't understand a word. Well, I'm done with you, plus derailing this thread too much.
mrmalaya said:That latest artwork has a wing that looks decidedly Concord related. Certainly different to everything they have had so far.
Boom Technology has pushed the first flight of its XB-1 demonstrator back to 2020, as it works with Japan Airlines on its planned Overture airliner.
Boom chief executive Brett Scholl says the XB-1 – which is one-third the size of the Overture – will be rolled out in December 2019, about six months later than previously planned. He attributed the decision to a safety enhancement.
“Whenever it comes to safety and schedule, safety comes first," he says. "Earlier this year, we found there was an opportunity to enhance the safety profile of the [XB-1] aircraft by including a stability augmentation system, to give us additional margin at high speed and at take-off and landing."
Boom’s XB-1 is being built to validate technologies for Boom’s airliner.
NO SAS was planned before that?! Doesn't it sound odd?
Instead of lecturing on "green" supersonic travel propelled by electric fans like Aerion, you could actually look like you're trying to build something. Given the history of all the various supersonic bizjet projects, the odds are still against them but at least they seem to be trying as their October 7 roll out date indicates.
The 71-foot XB-1 will start making its first flights early next year, reaching a speed of Mach 1.3 before going even faster as testing progresses. If all goes well, Boom will turn its focus in late 2021 to completing the design of its first commercial plane, dubbed Overture.
That's a good line that could have the power to brush away most of the ecological arguments against such plane.We have not had a world war since the jet age,” he says. “When you meet people face to face, their humanity comes through.”
In that update from Bloomberg, it seems Boom will attempt to breach Mach1 on its first flight. Does anyone have any sort of confirmation?
The 71-foot XB-1 will start making its first flights early next year, reaching a speed of Mach 1.3 before going even faster as testing progresses. If all goes well, Boom will turn its focus in late 2021 to completing the design of its first commercial plane, dubbed Overture.![]()
Aviation Outsider Builds Supersonic Jet for Transatlantic Flight
Aviation Outsider Builds Supersonic Jet for Transatlantic Flightwww.bloombergquint.com
After undergoing a series of ground tests, the 21-meter-long aircraft will begin a flight test campaign in the third quarter of 2021 at Mojave Air and Space Port, Scholl said. "We'll be supersonic by the end of next year," he added. This is about a year later than the company's original plans.
No sign of any confirmation of a Supersonic first flight with even 3 month specified as being dedicated to go from first flight to Mach 1.
It sounds cocky at first but I have the feeling the impact will be huge (no pun intended) dwarfing any risk of failure (it's an airframe with hours of fuel - you don't just retract the gear and boom the Mach door, you proceed slowly).