Branson's Supersonic Plane

That thing looks slick!

5k for a round trip from NYC to London in first class going that fast is a bargain.

I just checked flights from JFK to LHR and 1st class is 5k, with the next cheapest being 7k and then it's up from there. That's also subsonic flying and taking 7 hours.
 
Wow.....3 1/2 hours from NYC to London.... That could mean one day business meetings including travel time.
 
I always regretted not taking the Concorde at Oshkosh when they were making those flights, as I recall it was only about $700, they didn't go anywhere but just up to Canada to break the sound barrier & back. But later had a chance to go on a Concorde on the ground & found out that they fly between 60,000-70,000 feet--it would be really neat to see the earth from that altitude. So if Branson does build this I will take a flight.
 
denverpilot said:
That's the one being built at KAPA. They had a gala and revealed the mock up to invited folks a few weeks ago.
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That was a mock-up of "baby boom" not the eventual real deal

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hankrausch said:
I always regretted not taking the Concorde at Oshkosh when they were making those flights, as I recall it was only about $700, they didn't go anywhere but just up to Canada to break the sound barrier & back. But later had a chance to go on a Concorde on the ground & found out that they fly between 60,000-70,000 feet--it would be really neat to see the earth from that altitude. So if Branson does build this I will take a flight.
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Me too....!!!!!
 
Using that logic (after looking at the picture) I guess my Cherokee is a "passenger plane" as well.
 
tonycondon said:
Their plan is to build a two seat (I think) supersonic plane first and then go full scale.
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Doesn't look to me that 2-seater can carry anywhere enough fuel to get from NYC to London, so the byline on the photo would seem yet another "fake news" item. :D
 
GRG55 said:
Doesn't look to me that 2-seater can carry anywhere enough fuel to get from NYC to London, so the byline on the photo would seem yet another "fake news" item. :D
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It's more than Raptor has produced. Plus, Branson actually has lots of money to drench the project in.
 
Unit74 said:
It's more than Raptor has produced. Plus, Branson actually has lots of money to drench the project in.
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Why go to London when you can walk down to the next gate and maybe get a virgin ride into space? :cool:
 
The gear on that thing looks really tall. Whassup with that?
 
kyleb said:
The gear on that thing looks really tall. Whassup with that?
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Like the Concorde, the aerodynamics require a very low aspect ratio planform to combat shock wave and transonic transition issues. That means length over span. In order to rotate such a planform at speeds reasonable enough to utilize runways shorter than Cape Canaveral, taller gear is required.

Otherwise you end up with abortions like the POS 737-900.
 
Sweet now I can get to the west coast in 30 minutes. :)
 
What about this thing?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerion

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NASA is trying to push the state of the art with quiet sonic booms. Boom's design philosophy, on the other hand, is to only use tried-and-true design (existing engine cores, known aerodynamics, etc.). Boom is attempting to minimize execution risk to achieve commercial success.
 
Qotile said:
NASA is trying to push the state of the art with quiet sonic booms. Boom's design philosophy, on the other hand, is to only use tried-and-true design (existing engine cores, known aerodynamics, etc.). Boom is attempting to minimize execution risk to achieve commercial success.
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So will they fly the thing slow over land, like Braniff did with the Concorde?
 
Qotile said:
NASA is trying to push the state of the art with quiet sonic booms. Boom's design philosophy, on the other hand, is to only use tried-and-true design (existing engine cores, known aerodynamics, etc.). Boom is attempting to minimize execution risk to achieve commercial success.
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If Boom's aiming for a US market and their configuration does not account for acoustic signature then they will be bound by the prohibition on supersonic flight over CONUS just as Concorde was. I have yet to see a business model for a supersonic bizjet that succeeds with this restriction. Aerion, OTOH, is (to the best of my knowledge) trying to get a low-boom configuration, but independently, outside of the N+2 and/or BAART contract world.

Nauga,
and his N-wave
 
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Qotile said:
NASA is trying to push the state of the art with quiet sonic booms. Boom's design philosophy, on the other hand, is to only use tried-and-true design...
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Qotile said:
Yup, supersonic over water only until regulations change.
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In that NASA is pushing public-acceptance test flights of the low boom demonstrator as a means to get the regs changed, it is likely that new regs will have a reduced-signature requirement for overflight.

Nauga,
and his ICAO cycle
 
Another pipe dream.

Take three hours from your house to fly 3 1/2 hours to London (instead of 7) to take three hours to get to your final destination. Who cares?

Cheers
 
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