Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

Oshkosh a week ago.
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Recently attended the Fagan Fighters air show in southern Minnesota... EXCELLINT! Spitfire, Hurricane, PBY.. Zero, Hellcat, B-25... and more.. well worth the drive. Highly recommended. On the way to do a car show outside Omaha last week... small air museum in Greenfield Iowa. A " Choctaw ", Sikorsky H-34, was going to make an appearance. A Viet Nam veteran itself... it made the scene.. did a few passes and landed. The reason it made the show one of the pilots that flew it in Nam was living in the area and got to visit his " old war bird ". :cool:
 
Jim said:
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That reminds me of Sigmund the service manager at the Porsche dealership. He grew up in NAZI Germany. One day The Memphis Belle, from the movie was touring and made a stop in J'Ville. On approach to the regional airport, 1 mile from the Porsche store, the entire svc. dept. went outside to look. Sigmund said "Zat's zee first time I ever saw von vis dee bomb bay doors closed" Cool artwork.
 
"American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, the companies announced Tuesday.

The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, still years from building its first commercial airplane. United Airlines made a commitment last year to buy 15 Overture jets.

"Passengers want flights that are faster, more convenient, more sustainable and that's what Overture delivers," Boom CEO Blake Scholl told CNBC. "Flight times can be as little as half as what we have today, and that works great in networks like American where we can fly Miami to London in less than five hours."

Boom says the Overture jet will fly as fast as Mach 1.7, or 1,304 mph, dramatically cutting trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flight times. For example, a flight from Seattle to Tokyo, which typically takes just over 10 hours, could be completed in six hours in an Overture, according to Boom. " Link.



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Jim said:
"American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, the companies announced Tuesday.

The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, still years from building its first commercial airplane. United Airlines made a commitment last year to buy 15 Overture jets.

"Passengers want flights that are faster, more convenient, more sustainable and that's what Overture delivers," Boom CEO Blake Scholl told CNBC. "Flight times can be as little as half as what we have today, and that works great in networks like American where we can fly Miami to London in less than five hours."

Boom says the Overture jet will fly as fast as Mach 1.7, or 1,304 mph, dramatically cutting trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flight times. For example, a flight from Seattle to Tokyo, which typically takes just over 10 hours, could be completed in six hours in an Overture, according to Boom. " Link.



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I wonder what the pilot experience is like for a plane like that. Kinda like flying the largest , most comfortable fighter jet? Have they built a functioning prototype yet?
 
Mailman said:
I wonder what the pilot experience is like for a plane like that. Kinda like flying the largest , most comfortable fighter jet? Have they built a functioning prototype yet?
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Last I heard the prototype had completed it's structural stress testing and was being readied for flight.
 
Jim said:
"American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, the companies announced Tuesday.

The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, still years from building its first commercial airplane. United Airlines made a commitment last year to buy 15 Overture jets.

"Passengers want flights that are faster, more convenient, more sustainable and that's what Overture delivers," Boom CEO Blake Scholl told CNBC. "Flight times can be as little as half as what we have today, and that works great in networks like American where we can fly Miami to London in less than five hours."

Boom says the Overture jet will fly as fast as Mach 1.7, or 1,304 mph, dramatically cutting trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flight times. For example, a flight from Seattle to Tokyo, which typically takes just over 10 hours, could be completed in six hours in an Overture, according to Boom. " Link.



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Concorde springs to mind. Probably the most beautiful passenger jet ever to grace the skies.
 
Jim said:
As far as jets, the Comet is a close second.


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...and another early jet - introduced by AVRO Canada just a few days after the DeHavilland Comet in 1949. The story goes that Howard Hughes flew it himself and wanted it for PanAm.

 
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