On: Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]

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This is literally a company designed to separate investors from money so aerospace engineers can have fun, which I guess is better than many startups. At the end of the day though there is no way they are designing, prototyping, getting FAA approval for, and going to manufacturing on a plane and engine by 2030. It's not unlikely, it's just not feasible which literally anyone who bothers to look at the FAA website would be able to tell.

https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/airworthiness_certific...

"By comparison, the certification of a new aircraft type can take between 5 and 9 years."

And that is just for the plane, engine certification is its own process and just as arduous.

[everfrustrated → class3shock]

Yup. Moreso when you realise this scaled down prototype has basically nothing in common with their larger variant.

So it's testing/validating nothing actually.

Only makes sense as a gimmick to get the next funding round.

[theodric → class3shock]

Wait until they pull out their Trump card