'Baby Boom': The First Ever Supersonic Passenger Jet’s Prototype Is All Set To Test Fly In 2018
Virgin Galactic and Boom Technology have recently become partners to create a history in the world of long-awaited supersonic jet planes. They have announced that $33M funds have been raised to develop the first ever supersonic passenger jet. Hopefully, the supersonic passenger jet will be faster than Concorde or any other commercial aircraft ever created.
According to Live science, CEO, and founder of Boom, Blake Scholl has recently written in a blog that Boom startup is trying to create a history by developing a supersonic passenger jet, travels at Mach 2.2. This speed Mach 2.2 is twice of the sound's speed, which is 1451mph (2335km/h) and also higher than the Concorde's speed (1350mph or 2180km/h). On behalf of Boom, Scholl mentioned that Boom is aiming to set a new record for civil aircraft also.
In a report, Boom has stated that the new supersonic passenger jet will travel- New York to London in 3hour and 15minutes, San Francisco to Tokyo in 5.5 hours and Sydney to L.A in 6.75 hours. For showing the importance of supersonic passenger jet, Scholl wrote that Boom's only motivation is to help passengers to travel faster. He also included like commercial jets used to decrease the flight hour from fifteen to five hours, the supersonic passenger jet will also give the same result by offering more accessibility in between farthest distances around the world.
According to CNBC, Recently Boom has announced that together Boom and Virgin Galactic have raised enough fund, $33M, for developing the first ever supersonic passenger jet. In line with Blake Scholl, the upcoming supersonic passenger jet will possess fifty-five passenger seats, will be elevated up to 60,000 feet and also the ticket is will cost as much as the business class tickets.
It's confirmed that at first, the Boom Technology will build the XB-1 jet prototype "Baby Boom" of the full-size supersonic passenger jet, which will take off for test fly in late 2017 or in 2018. The full-size supersonic passenger jet will finally test fly in 2020 and will be certified by Federal Aviation Administration by 2023. Hopefully, in that historic period, the whole world will witness the first fly of the supersonic passenger jet.