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Boom XB-1 - Alternative Concorde

Supersonic jets linking 'hundreds' of cities with ultra-fast flights will be 'affordable for all', plane maker insists

14.02.18 The Independent Aatif Sulleyman - MSN Innovation

© Getty Boom Supersonic co-founder, Blake Scholl, poses for a photograph in front of an artists impression of his company's proposed design for an supersonic aircraft, dubbed Baby Boom, at the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 18, 2018. - Luxury air travel faster than the speed of sound: A US start-up is aiming to revive commercial supersonic flight 50 years after the ill-fated Concorde first took to the skies. Blake Scholl, the former Amazon staffer who co-founded Boom Supersonic, delivered the pledge this week in front of a fully-restored Concorde jet at the Brooklands aviation and motor museum in Weybridge, southwest of London. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

However, moves towards electric-powered engines were futile in the supersonic sector as batteries currently possess around 60 times less energy than jet fuel, he said.
Asked whether he was in competition with Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which have produced blueprints for aircraft operating at even higher speeds than Boom, Mr Scholl said: You can call it a race, but it doesn't sound like much of a race to me.

The firm's planes would be airborne within seven years, he said, while rival plans would not lift off for several decades.