JetZero United Airlines order

“I’m no aeronautical engineer, but how do the engines get airflow in a high AoA situation?“

With my online degree in rocket surgery, that was my exact first thought looking at the drawing. That along with how you gonna convince 80% of the passengers to take a middle seat, and taxi that thing past other aircraft without shutting the whole airport down while you move.

Military aircraft design? Sure. Plenty of decommissioned airports you could repurpose for just this aircraft operations.

Passenger aircraft? Add in those double decker seats where you can sniff other people’s farts and I’m sold.
 
MikeD said:
What ever happened with those above mentioned proposals?
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Anyway: Boom supersonic, the pilotless taxi cab drones etc. You see all that stuff pop up prior to earnings generally. Or a lot of hype about new aircraft orders. It's all just vapor. It will never happen, or be invested in seriously but it may lure some new investors into dumping money into a stock.
 
All that stuff is cool and all but this is what I like…

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derg said:
They’re a great airline but their corporate communications department is a little silly with misunderstanding the concept of under-promising and over-delivering.

Air Taxis, drones, supersonic aircraft and now, blended wing aircraft.

I will stand-by for incoming barbs.
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I think maybe youre showing a bit of hometeam bias. I dont think this is a under promise over deliver situation. This is all buzz and advertising. I dont think the traveling public is now saying "Hey wait a minute United, You said we'd all be on boom jet now!". I think that would that would be an issue for something tangible like "we're allowing free checked bags" or something like that, but not this. United jumped on the "Boom" jet concept first so in all the advertising you see the livery as United. Billboards in LAX all United advertising Boom. American followed United and ordered Boom jet but you see none of it anywhere. As @BobDDuck said its a way to generate buzz and show that you are on leading edge of trends as an airline. I dont think anyone is really tapping their watch asking when they VTOL is going to take them to Manhattan yet.
 
United: Hey Boeing/Airbus, we just invested a "significant" amount into Jet zero. A really REALLY good deal might change our mind..."
 
derg said:
They’re a great airline but their corporate communications department is a little silly with misunderstanding the concept of under-promising and over-delivering.

Air Taxis, drones, supersonic aircraft and now, blended wing aircraft.

I will stand-by for incoming barbs.
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Ehhh....

news.delta.com

Delta, JetZero partner to design the future of air travel by advancing first-of-its-kind, 50% more fuel-efficient aircraft for domestic and international routes

Delta Air Lines is partnering with JetZero on a revolutionary, more sustainable aircraft that looks and feels like nothing flying today’s commercial skies.
news.delta.com news.delta.com
 
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derg said:
They’re a great airline but their corporate communications department is a little silly with misunderstanding the concept of under-promising and over-delivering.

Air Taxis, drones, supersonic aircraft and now, blended wing aircraft.

I will stand-by for incoming barbs.
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They are all tax write offs. If one of these concepts actually work, they get what they invested in for free.

Smart moves with the above mentioned and the marketing buzz. Better moves than trying to get into the oil refinery business :) .
 
BobDDuck said:
This is nowhere near an order. A lot of times an airline will throw a few hundred thousand dollars (or less even) just to generate some press buzz for both companies and be first in line should the plane actually materialize some day.... narrator: but it didn't.
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Boom Supersonic? Boom Supersonic? Where?
 
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