Originally Posted by
MiltonFreedMan
FAA regulations still prohibit supersonic flight over land so, their plan has to be for that until it changes. Part of their demonstrator they just built, and NASA's recent study, were to help push for a reevaluation of those regulations given the new technology.
Unfortunately Boom is a long ways off from becoming a reality commercially. For one, the engines they need don't exist yet. And two, the original speed figures have been rolled back and capacity has been increased a bit - meaning, the economics of it have shifted a bit. They are probably around 10 years away or more from it actually happening.
Could you elaborate on what is meant by the bolded part above, particularly the NASA study? Also what "new technology" related to supersonic flight did Boom's demonstrator have?
From what I've read, Boom is pushing to simply remove the supersonic flight prohibition by claiming they've developed a "boomless" aircraft.