Leighton
@lay2000lbs
One commercial airliner to break the sound barrier. New York to London in 3 hours Now it just sits on the side of the runway. π’
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Monteluna
@monteluna
Maintenance costs were too high. Scaling matters.
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grant π π© πΈ
@grunt.eth
And fuel costs too. And noise pollution :-(
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Daniel Sinclair
@danielsinclair
Weβll be flying supersonic again soonπ€I believe both Boom and Lockheed have new aerodynamic models and designs that reduce the sonic booms to a perceptible thud that wonβt damage infrastructure. NASA is doing city overflights this year, and I think the FAA is set to change the land overflight rules in 2028.
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Daniel Sinclair
@danielsinclair
442 $degen
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