Boom supersonic

D’aww, same engines as a Lear 23 and Jet Commander times three.

I am also still skeptical, but to their credit they have advanced well beyond “rich guy that bought a bunch of STCs for his Starfighter.”
 
Was capturing the sonic booms volume on the ground below the test area part of this test? Isn't part of this projects goals is supersonic cruise with minimal audible impact below? I was watching the video and I never heard them mention it.
 
Minuteman said:
D’aww, same engines as a Lear 23 and Jet Commander times three.

I am also still skeptical, but to their credit they have advanced well beyond “rich guy that bought a bunch of STCs for his Starfighter.”
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Well, they have afterburner so they are a bit different.

Boom did a great job. Their flight test program is top notch.
 
knot4u said:
Was capturing the sonic booms volume on the ground below the test area part of this test? Isn't part of this projects goals is supersonic cruise with minimal audible impact below? I was watching the video and I never heard them mention it.
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probably not, they had a mirage and t38 flying chase as they went thru the sound barrier so probably tricky to filter sources. maybe on a later flight? my understanding was that they were going to try to make overture quieter, but not enough to repeal the regs. i dont think the X-59 has flown yet and that goal was noise mitigation
 
I do not believe the mission of Boom is to reduce or eliminate sonic booms to fly over the US or other areas of land prohibited by supersonic flight. It may be a component of it but I believe the real mission is to simply bring back supersonic flight because there are routes right now that can greatly benefit from supersonic flight.

I think Lockheed has a test vehicle nearing its first flight that has the sole purpose of trying to reduce sonic boom noise.

Edit, this thing:
www.lockheedmartin.com

X-59

Unlock the future of supersonic travel with the X-59, a revolutionary plane designed to help NASA reduce sonic booms. Learn more from Lockheed Martin.
www.lockheedmartin.com www.lockheedmartin.com
 
Minuteman said:
D’aww, same engines as a Lear 23 and Jet Commander times three.

I am also still skeptical, but to their credit they have advanced well beyond “rich guy that bought a bunch of STCs for his Starfighter.”
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Venture capital harvesting meet United fleet planning.

It'll be cool if it works, though.
 
This reminds me of one of those companies that fires up to do one thing, and morphs, after sequential bust cycles, regulatory denials and court losses, into something complete different.

Sort of like a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan film. Looks kind of the same, and in some ways better than the original, but even the original was a re-dubbed, re-purposed footage from something else, so the whole comparison gets super blurry.
 
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