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Was in Mojave today for the first Boom supersonic flight test! Amazing accomplishment, after over a decade of work. Congrats to the entire team!

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Yes. A Concorde ticket was like $20k. Boom will start at about $5k, not economy class but comparable to a business class ticket. The long-term plan is to continue to bring costs down until it is affordable to the average flyer.

This is super exciting IF the service comes to market at a price point that is within reach for real people. If it’s relegated to Concorde elite experience for the private jet crowd — what does it really matter? I’m hoping for a revolution in both tech and affordability.

This is so cool!! For years I’ve been talking about how our flight progress has gone backwards after we lost supersonic flights when the Concorde retired.

@jasoncrawford.eth, you just received 11 DEGEN from @whony!