1,217MPH 80person Passenger Jet

[SmashTime]

L.A to Tokyo in 6 hours!

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/concorde-comeback-two-new-jets-plan-to-take-air-104077884877.html?hp=1

 

[frfly172]

The concept is good,see if they can provide a viable product.

 

[DavidWhite]

This has all been done before

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

 

[nauga]

This has all been done before

The idea behind NASA's Supersonic N+2 program is to develop an airplane whose boom signature is quiet enough to get the prohibition of supersonic flight over CONUS changed. That's been in the works for a while but hasn't been done yet.

edit: NASA's take on it: http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html#.VH1IAskSHkY

Nauga,
and his N-wave attenuator