Is supersonic flight really in our future?
November 3, 2025
The dream lives on, but the reality is probably far less likely to happen
The dream lives on, but the reality is probably far less likely to happen
The company that plans to build a commercial supersonic jetliner reaches a key step with a prototype
Boom moves ahead with a factory, though the plane it plans to build there is far from ready for manufacture
Airbus, which recently filed design patents for a huge follow-on to the A380 also has its mind on smaller and faster. Last week, they filed for U.S. patents on technology and design for a plane that would fly at more than 4 times the speed of sound…
The dream lives on, but the reality is probably far less likely to happen
The company that plans to build a commercial supersonic jetliner reaches a key step with a prototype
Boom moves ahead with a factory, though the plane it plans to build there is far from ready for manufacture
Airbus, which recently filed design patents for a huge follow-on to the A380 also has its mind on smaller and faster. Last week, they filed for U.S. patents on technology and design for a plane that would fly at more than 4 times the speed of sound…