{"id":210286,"date":"2020-07-13T06:34:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T06:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210286"},"modified":"2020-07-16T06:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T06:02:10","slug":"supersonic-jet-taking-off-in-2021-will-get-you-from-london-to-new-york-in-3-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210286","title":{"rendered":"Supersonic Jet Taking Off in 2021 Will Get You From London To New York In 3 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cameron Frew \u2013 Unilad July 12, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/XB1-Supersonic-Overture-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-210287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/XB1-Supersonic-Overture-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/XB1-Supersonic-Overture-3.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/XB1-Supersonic-Overture-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>It\u2019s been more than 50 years since the Concorde first boomed across the Atlantic, but in 2021, supersonic travel will return to the skies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Boom Supersonic are getting ready to roll out the XB-1 on October 7, a 1:3 prototype of the Overture, which will bring supersonic speeds back to commercial air travel for the first time since 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The delta-wing Concorde was the original supersonic jet; an extraordinary feat of engineering that transported elite passengers from New York to London in less than four hours. However, it\u2019s most remembered for the the tragic Air France Flight 4590, in which everyone onboard was killed due to an explosion after take-off from Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>You can check out the Overture in Boom\u2019s video below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOyUKR_f-WQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Boom plans to start conducting test flights of the XB-1 in 2021, intended to showcase the \u2018key technologies\u2019 of the Overture, which is reportedly 100% carbon neutral and \u2018history\u2019s fastest privately developed aircraft\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>On the company\u2019s website, founder and CEO Blake Scholl said in a statement:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">XB-1 is the first step in bringing supersonic travel back to the world. Flights at twice the speed mean we can travel twice as far \u2013 bringing more people, places, and cultures into our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Our experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic underscore for all of us the fundamental human need for personal connection. Faster travel enables us to experience the world\u2019s people, cultures, and places. With XB-1, we\u2019re demonstrating that we are prepared to bring back supersonic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Prior to the pandemic surging across the world, Boom had amassed a hefty number of preorders for the Overture \u2013 to be more precise, at least $6 billion. At $200 million a piece, Virgin Group and Japan Airlines, which invested $10 million in the company in 2017, have made purchases, along with several other companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Scholl added: \u2018We\u2019re ensuring that the supersonic future is safe and environmentally and economically sustainable. We\u2019ve learned that the demand for supersonic has grown even faster than we anticipated.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">If all goes well with testing, the Overture will begin commercial passenger flights in 2030, transporting between 55-75 people at Mach-2.2 speeds across more than 500 transoceanic routes; for example, London to New York will take three hours and 15 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While the XB-1 and Overture will benefit from the latest noise-reduction technology, the aircraft will only soar at supersonic speeds over oceans. Can you imagine sitting in your flat, then a sonic boom boots the arse out of you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Over in Reno, Nevada, Aerion Corporation is also developing a supersonic commercial jet \u2013 albeit it\u2019s far smaller in scale, with space for 12 passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/technology\/supersonic-jet-taking-off-in-2021-will-get-you-from-london-to-new-york-in-3-hours\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it has yet to conduct test flights the XB-1 Overture has already amassed pre-orders worth six billion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Fringe_Science_New_Discoveries_and_Developments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210289,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210286\/revisions\/210289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}