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Boom! We cracked it! Today we are introducing Boomless Cruise—supersonic flights up to 50% faster with no audible sonic boom.
We quietly (har har) demo'd this on XB-1's first supersonic flight—three times actually. 🧵👇
Blake Scholl 🛫
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Blake Scholl 🛫
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- Why do we think supersonic flight will work at scale on @boomsupersonic Overture when it didn't on Concorde? Here's the business case for supersonic—and a never-before-seen piece of Overture's design. 🧵👇 Only 14 Concordes >1,000 Overtures planned
- Legalize supersonic flight, and we can have nice things again.
