Boom Supersonic is building the closet thing we have to the next Concorde. In this video, I’m going to show you the XB-1 test aircraft and how this small Denver firm is bringing back supersonic flight with the XB-1’s bigger brother, the Boom Overture. So strap in and power up your afterburners.
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The airplane will be the ultimate next-generation concorde, at 170 feet long (52 m), with a wing space of 60 feet (52). It will have a seat capacity for 55-business class passengers in a 1-1 configuration. Each passenger will have 75 inches of leg room, which is typical of a business class seat today.
It will have three engines at the back, providing 15,000–20,000 pounds of (67–89 kN) thrust eachFlying at a range of Mach 2.2, the plane will have a total range of around 4,500 nautical miles or 8,300 km). According to Boom Supersonic, this opens up around 500 daily routes across water that would be perfect for the aircraft.
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Highlights include:New York City to London in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Miami to Santiago in only three hours and 4 minutes, .The firm has said they could put int 30 lie-flat bed seats onboard for these longer flights, with a few business class seats.via: Found And Explained
