The new supersonic jets that continue the legacy of the Concorde

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These are some of the new projects planes supersonics that seek to continue the legacy left by the legendary Concorde.

The historic Concorde flew for the first time 2 march 1969, entering active duty in 1976 as the first aircraft to operate supersonically with passengers on a commercial basis – regular.

Years later and faced with a series of problems that implied a drop in the profitability of the operation and even a fatal accident due to external situations., led to Concorde being withdrawn from service on 26 November 2003 ending the brief commercial supersonic era.

Have passed 18 years since the world said goodbye to a legend of the skies and now new projects are coming to light wanting to take advantage of advances in technology to once again revolutionize the way of flying..

Aerion

Possibly, Of all the new supersonic aircraft projects, it is the most advanced in the development of its different aircraft..

Its AS2 and AS3 models hope to be the first to revolutionize the executive and passenger supersonic flight industry..

Originally the AS2 plans to fly at a speed of Mach 1.4 with a range of 4.200 nautical miles, offering a capacity of up to 11 passengers, its main focus being very high-level executive aviation.

The new AS3 that will be officially presented during this 2021 offering to fly at more than Mach 4 of speed, transport up 50 passengers with a range of 7.000 nautical miles arriving from Los Angeles to Tokyo in less than 3 hours.

Aerion has the support of NASA, Boeing and General Electric for the development of each of the stages and needs of the project in new technologies and the use of biofuels sustainable.

Boom

The Boom Technology company with the XB-1 demonstrator will allow the company to advance in the development of the final prototype, Meanwhile the final project called Overture is expected to have the following features:

• 60 meters long.
• Capacity for between 65 and 88 passengers.
• ETOPS 180 minutes.
• Autonomy of 4.250 nautical miles.
• Operation until 60 thousand feet altitude.
• I would start flights in the 2023.
• Traditional delta wing design.
• Carbon fiber materials.
• Its operating cost is expected to be a quarter of a Concorde.
• Estimated weight of 170.000 pounds.
• Their engines will not be post-combustion.
• These planes would fly at twice the speed of current commercial aircraft.:
  • Tokyo a Seattle en 4 hours and 30 minutes instead of 8 hours and 30 minutes.
  • Paris to Montreal in 3 hours and 45 minutes instead of 7 hours and 15 minutes.
  • Los Angeles Sydney in 8 hours and 30 minutes instead of 14 hours and 30 minutes.
  • New York to Londer in 3 hours and 30 minutes instead of 6 hours and 30 minutes.
• Rate from $5.000 dollars round trip on average.
• 76 aircraft have already been requested by several companies and airlines such as Japan Airlines.
• First commercial service for the 2029.

Exosonic

It is a new company founded in 2019 and which recently even won an innovation competition for $1 million dollars to develop the supersonic prototype of Air Force One. This project proposes aircraft that fly at Mach 1.8 with capacity for 70 passengers.

With their "low boom" concept they hope to generate significant fuel savings by generating less noise over populated areas and thus be able to fly. 5.000 nautical miles to change the way we fly.

Spike Aerospace

The Spike S-512 is a supersonic executive aircraft project under development in Boston, Massachusetts. This project hopes to achieve certification after the year 2023.

• Speed: Mach 1.6 (1100 mph), 500 mph faster than any other civil aircraft
• passengers: 12-18
• Reduce flights by more than 50%
• Patented silent supersonic flight technology
• Innovative multiplex digital booth
• Length 37 meters.
• Two engines with thrust 20.000 pounds each.
• Range of 6.200 nautical miles.
• service ceiling 50.000 feet of altitude.
• This plane will have no windows and passengers would see projections from cameras installed in the fuselage.
• New York to Lima in 3 hours and 40 minutes instead of 6 hours and 50 minutes.
• New York to Dubai in 6 hours and 60 minutes instead of 12 hours and 20 minutes.

Hermeus

This company founded in 2018 proposes a plane that flies at Mach 5 and he even indicated that he has already tested the engine that will allow this mega speed. It was also recently awarded more than $1 million dollars to design and propose the new Air Force One in supersonic version.

Regulation

All of these projects will not be possible without changes in global regulations that allow the development of technology and procedures for the new commercial supersonic operation..

Many countries have “supersonic boom” restrictions over populated areas, which forces operation over the sea to reach high speeds, which increases flight time and fuel consumption.

Thus, With new technology, companies also hope to reduce the effect of the "boom" on land, which would generate the flexibility of these restrictions, making each of the projects profitable.

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