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Faster, Please! Mach 2.2 Passenger Jetliner in the Making (JAL Partners With Boom)
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New York to Paris in 90 minutes, at Mach 2.2 (1,451 mph/2,335 km/h). On a real passenger jetliner, not one of those dinky 12-passenger jobs, either. ;-)

"In what would speed up Boom Technology’s dream of making supersonic passenger jet, Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced its strategic partnership with the company. The new-generation superfast aircraft will travel at the speed of Mach 2.2 (1,451 mph / 2,335 km/h), which is more than double the speed of the average airliner (Mach 0.85).


Japan Airlines has agreed to invest $10 million in Boom besides helping to refine the aircraft design and has the option to purchase up to 20 Boom aircraft through a pre-order arrangement."


“We are very proud to be working with Boom on the possible advancement in the commercial aviation industry. Through this partnership, we hope to contribute to the future of supersonic travel with the intent of providing more ‘time’ to our valued passengers while emphasizing flight safety,” said Yoshiharu Ueki, President of Japan Airlines, in a statement obtained by PRNewswire."

Super-fast aircraft with Mach 2.2 speed in the making: Japan Airlines to make Boom's supersonic jet a reality




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Re: Faster, Please! Mach 2.2 Passenger Jetliner in the Making (JAL Partners With Boom) [big kahuna] [ In reply to ]
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$10M is peanuts and won't go very farmtowards the design. Basically pays for 50 man years of effort, which is nothing.
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Re: Faster, Please! Mach 2.2 Passenger Jetliner in the Making (JAL Partners With Boom) [tigermilk] [ In reply to ]
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tigermilk wrote:
$10M is peanuts and won't go very farmtowards the design. Basically pays for 50 man years of effort, which is nothing.

Don't hit us with the reality, man. Let us live the dream for at least a few minutes. Or maybe 50 man-years, whichever comes first. ;-)

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tigermilk wrote:
$10M is peanuts and won't go very farmtowards the design. Basically pays for 50 man years of effort, which is nothing.

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Re: Faster, Please! Mach 2.2 Passenger Jetliner in the Making (JAL Partners With Boom) [big kahuna] [ In reply to ]
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Semi-related back door brag... During my recent flight from DFW to BOS the jet made it up to ~745 mph relative to land.
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