Teh One Who Knocks
03-28-2017, 10:50 AM
By Margi Murphy - The Sun
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A SUPERSONIC jet that turn London to New York into a day trip have received £26million funding to build the world’s fastest passenger plane.
The XB-1- dubbed the “baby boom” – is backed by a host of wealthy tech bosses, astronauts and engineers and is tipped to be faster and more efficient than Concorde.
The passenger jet could get you from Tokyo to San Francisco in five hoursSeats will cost the same as major airlines’ business class tickets – but budget tickets could be on the cards as well, according to Boom Supersonic boss Blake Scholl.
Scholl said the jet, which will cost more than£160million to build, could be carrying passengers by the early 2020s.
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The prototype XD-1 has been nicknamed the “baby boom” by its creators
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Announcing the funding on Wednesday, he said: “Now we have all the pieces we need – technology, suppliers and capital – to go out and make some history and set some speed records.”
The XB-1 will fly higher than other aircraft at around 60,000ft. It will break the sound barrier passengers won’t hear a thing.
Concorde failed to make enough cash to keep its engines running and was put out to pasture in 2003.
It took until February of this year for the BA jet to be moved to a museum after languishing on the runway for 14 years.
http://i.imgur.com/ZDdkv6W.jpg
A SUPERSONIC jet that turn London to New York into a day trip have received £26million funding to build the world’s fastest passenger plane.
The XB-1- dubbed the “baby boom” – is backed by a host of wealthy tech bosses, astronauts and engineers and is tipped to be faster and more efficient than Concorde.
The passenger jet could get you from Tokyo to San Francisco in five hoursSeats will cost the same as major airlines’ business class tickets – but budget tickets could be on the cards as well, according to Boom Supersonic boss Blake Scholl.
Scholl said the jet, which will cost more than£160million to build, could be carrying passengers by the early 2020s.
http://i.imgur.com/fCsxmd0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4DMrQii.jpg
The prototype XD-1 has been nicknamed the “baby boom” by its creators
http://i.imgur.com/6x3qEVT.jpg
Announcing the funding on Wednesday, he said: “Now we have all the pieces we need – technology, suppliers and capital – to go out and make some history and set some speed records.”
The XB-1 will fly higher than other aircraft at around 60,000ft. It will break the sound barrier passengers won’t hear a thing.
Concorde failed to make enough cash to keep its engines running and was put out to pasture in 2003.
It took until February of this year for the BA jet to be moved to a museum after languishing on the runway for 14 years.