arstechnica , 3 months ago It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight "This milestone will be invaluable to Boom’s revival of supersonic travel." https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/its-a-few-years-late-but-a-prototype-supersonic-airplane-has-taken-flight/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight
"This milestone will be invaluable to Boom’s revival of supersonic travel."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/its-a-few-years-late-but-a-prototype-supersonic-airplane-has-taken-flight/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
isonno , 3 months ago @arstechnica They can't even raise the landing gear??
@arstechnica They can't even raise the landing gear??
ctrlsaltdelete , 3 months ago @arstechnica calling it now (with basically no evidence) that this is going to be less "Concorde" and more "Nikola but with planes"
@arstechnica calling it now (with basically no evidence) that this is going to be less "Concorde" and more "Nikola but with planes"
_Colin_Watson , 3 months ago @arstechnica 273mph is subsonic. 1 crew and 0 passengers. Why is this being compared with Concorde?
@arstechnica 273mph is subsonic. 1 crew and 0 passengers. Why is this being compared with Concorde?
dacig , 3 months ago Spanish @arstechnica YES ! We need planes that use double the fuel so a bunch of rich people can travel a bit faster on a cramped plane to arrive at a customs bottleneck followed by a land transportacion bottleneck. All in the name of grift an status.
@arstechnica YES ! We need planes that use double the fuel so a bunch of rich people can travel a bit faster on a cramped plane to arrive at a customs bottleneck followed by a land transportacion bottleneck. All in the name of grift an status.