Concorde's Overture. Will We Have a New Supersonic Jet Soon? - Boom SuperSonic

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In 2003 we took the step backwards from supersonic passenger transport when Concorde the only supersonic passenger jet to operate ceased flying. Since then we've been await its successor and finally, we may well have one in the very similar shape of the Boom Supersonic Overture. This is the tail of two planes one old and one new and if the new one has the chance to regain the crown of flying faster than the speed of sound.
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[@FallenPhoenix86]

"Anywhere in the world in 4 hours for $100" Exactly how much crack had that exec consumed before making this claim?

[@jooei2810]

About $100 worth.

[@skunkjobb]

Yeah, it baffles me why anyone makes such an obviously ridiculous claim. It's lite when Elon Musk goes on with his "a hundred times cheaper than xxx".

[@matsv201]

It might be possible if you only fly suffiently high... The cost of Crew and the plane goes down when the speed goes up. If the plane just can be made sufficently fuel efficent, this might not be a problem.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Yes

[@NuclearTopSpot]

@@skunkjobb but... but muh hype loop

[@adamondovcak525]

The looks of Concorde never gets old...

[@4G12]

If it were designed with currently available tech, it would probably be even more elegant and mechanically simpler and more robust. No need for the heavy and complicated nose dipping system for visibility thanks to the much better video technology of today. More advanced engines and materials would make for much more efficient operation.

[@envitech02]

If Concorde comes back today, it will still look as futuristic today as it was back in the 70s. All they need to do is to strip out the cockpit and replace it with modern instrumentation.

[@Xerxes2528]

*droop snoot*

[@aspct.]

@@Xerxes2528 the snoot must droop

[@ryklatortuga4146]

one could call it the "OG of Ogee"

[@Clone683]

Im not sure "Boom" is a good name for a plane company...

[@kapa1611]

next startup: a new ship company called 'sink' xD

[@brianmessemer2973]

“Here at Boom, you’ll have a blast of a time!”

[@MisterNohbdy]

especially one trying to *reduce* sonic booms

[@andysim232]

They tried "crashy bangy explody boom boom" but had to shorten it.

[@archenema6792]

"Get your dose of SST today! It'll shake your world to the rafters! Repeatedly!"

[@rjung_ch]

"Bio fuel, better used to feed people". So true. It's a huge lie to believe bio fuel is the answer. Thanks once again for all you do Paul, cheers!

[@CuriousDroid]

Thank you!

[@archenema6792]

That's true if you're referring to boondoggles that are little more than farming subsidies like this and e85. But biodiesel from reclaimed waste oils is an excellent solution to two problems.

[@kai990]

if resources are that scarce that we can't even fuel up on some crops, we clearly have overpopulation and should get rid of half the planet

[@davidkennedy3050]

@@kai990 lets start with you.

[@kai990]

@@davidkennedy3050 sure thing

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

USA = we love the free market. JFK = if you order a European aircraft we'll make life very difficult for you.

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Americans should buy American what is wrong with you

[@mfk5533]

@@donaldsalkovick396 that's bad for Americans and the world. Comparative advantage makes Americans wealthier and lets them buy more with that money

[@hamstsorkxxor]

@@donaldsalkovick396 That sounds an awful lot like communism. Americans are free, and should be free to buy from whoever they want, without the the gouverment (JFK in this case) interference.

[@marionette5968]

JFK also had a second airplane that flew around with him full of the bimbos he was screwing.

[@notyourbusiness7368]

@@donaldsalkovick396 yeah this thing that a state must support itself without external help is a concept at the base of almost every totalitarianism.

[@MarkTheMorose]

Curious Droid's shirts are as loud as Concorde, but need no afterburner.

[@saml7610]

I did NOT read that as "shirts", I missed the R in there and I was truly confused.

[@scruffguitar2]

First impression on this shirt was banana asteroids 🤷‍♂️

[@dmrr7739]

But his shirts WITH afterburners? Lookout!

[@MarkTheMorose]

@@saml7610 I had to double-check my typing, as I was sure I'd left the R out first time.

[@differentname8051]

Concorde also didn't need them.

[@daveefordays]

First time ive seen one of your videos s close to post time. If you're still reading the comments just wanted to say i find your videos really interesting and i love the way you produce them. Thanks from Australia!

[@CuriousDroid]

I do read them but only for a short while then i have to get back to making more :-)

[@johannestetzelivonrosador7317]

@@CuriousDroid and that's why I will always like you

[@davidkymdell452]

They're trying to mitigate the sonic boom but have called themselves Boom. Go figure.

[@daviddavis1322]

They are trying to tell the truth. It's a wacky way to set up a company

[@thenasadude6878]

The name Sonic had already been taken, and I suspect using Boom might be a clever homage to the blue hedgehog

[@jaffacalling53]

They aren't doing a thing about the sonic boom. This jet is intended for ocean crossing routes.

[@sircrapalot9954]

Aerion was the SST competitor that was going to incorporate sonic boom mitigating technologies into their design. Then they went belly-up last month. I’m really skeptical anyone will make an economically and environmentally viable SST any time soon. The pitfalls of Concord vs conventional subsonic transports haven’t gone away, the gap has only gotten greater.

[@jaffacalling53]

@@sircrapalot9954 Aerion had a lot less interest from large airlines as well. Boom's design should ultimately be less radical and easier to deliver to market than Aerion's, as it's ultimately just a modernized Concorde made out of composites.

[@AaronSmith1]

4:57 🤔 Now I know where Tim Burton got the idea of the aliens in "Mars Attacks!" from

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Thought the same thing when I saw that. Had to do a double take.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

What even is that thing? Just some goofy fashion statement, so the air hostesses would evoke how "space-age" supersonic flight was? Is it' 2001: A Space Odyssey', which that famous shot of zero-G air-hostesses floating around? Similar vibe.

[@joedufour8188]

Ack ack! ackack ack ack! Ackack, ACK ACK ACK!!!!!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@joedufour8188 >>> Thank You -- I have been wondering how to _write_ the words spoken by the Martians...😊

[@Imagonem]

The movie is based on the Topps "Mars Attacks!" trading cards from 1962. So Tim Burton did not come up with the alien design, and it probably predates the footage here.

[@Henchman1977]

The venerable Boeing 747 first flew in 1969 as well.

[@maksphoto78]

What a year to be alive! (I was born 9 years later)

[@YK-hh7vs]

@@maksphoto78 who asked lol

[@owoyomitaiwoadeyemi7085]

@@YK-hh7vs learn to respect elders

[@YK-hh7vs]

@@owoyomitaiwoadeyemi7085 sorry

[@creepingjesus5106]

So did the TU-144.

[@d33pNacho]

-Mankind in the 1960's: we're able to get to the moon and travel at supersonic speed. What incredible achievements will we make 60 years from now? -Mankind in the 2020's: let's try to get people back to the moon and hopefuly resume supersonic commercial flights.

[@Kana0211]

Plus a rocket that is weaker than the Saturn 5

[@mevio4665]

You can say that again!!!

[@dafff08]

4 hours for 100 dollars? if this came true japan would become my second residence..

[@eyeborg3148]

That guy is talking out of his ass

[@matviyk3066]

@@eyeborg3148 maybe it’s the 100 dollar value from 1920s 😂😂 I’m pretty sure the 100 dollar he mentioned is gonna be 1000 by 2030 if we stick to the same rate rn.

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

*inhales* WEEEEB!!!

[@thany3]

@@matviyk3066 Even $1000 is fine if it brings a 12 hour flight down to 4 hours. $1000 for a 12 hour flight today is actually pretty damn cheap at business class level comfort. (assuming USD, not some obscure super high value kind of dollar that I don't know exists)

[@alphagt62]

If they could make the claim for $1,000, it would still be good. It cost a fortune to fly to Australia from the US, and takes like 18 hours!

[@raykewin3608]

Boom business model, go really fast, make it really cheap, name it after an explosion. Pure rock n' roll.

[@ristopaasivirta9770]

Live fast, die young, leave no corpse behind. Boom, the only way to go.

[@tangydiesel1886]

Sounds more like a "rickroll."

[@jwenting]

and when the venture capitalists have deposited their investment dollars, they need to go really fast to keep up with the CEO when he makes a run for it with the money.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

'Go on, take the money and run...' yes, pure rock n roll...

[@misterflibble6601]

Sounds a lot like a confidence game

[@VincentGroenewold]

Biofuels are absolutely not the alternative we want. It costs huge amounts of land + it's not carbon neutral, but carbon negative overall. Hence, not sustainable.

[@roeland195]

You mean carbon positive I think? Negative would be if it extracted more from the air than it produces

[@keithmoore5306]

yeah i've got a better use for that alcohol it's called drinking as shine!!!

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Depends on the biofeul.

[@kingsley3208]

its all just a grift to suck up all this excess capital atm. nothing can beat the energy density of petroleum

[@TraditionalAnglican]

You can collect, refine & use cooking oil. It’s used a diesel fuel & is almost as energy dense as JP-1.

[@dylanthrust6683]

As an engineer I can tell you it would a radical discovery or reversal of laws of physics for their to be a inexpensive supersonic flight. It just costs too much money to push an airplane to supersonic speeds. Yes, you have less travel time, but everything else goes up 4 fold at least. And guess what the pilots and crew are the easiest thing to reduce as far as cost.

[@krozareq]

Good to hear from an engineer. Been seeing this company's articles and videos a lot lately on investor groups/forums and they're clearly good at social media marketing. But fuel has an understood and finite energy density and Boom offers no specifics on how they'll arrive to a number close to $100 per passenger to operate and maintain an experimental airframe. Let alone get the go ahead from the FAA, EASA etc. when they clearly have limited experience in the industry.

[@kenoliver8913]

If you're an engineer you'll know the secret is using the extra power to go much higher than subsonic airliners (thinner air=less drag), which largely compensates for the higher specific fuel consumption. It's why the 707 used LESS fuel than the Constellation depite having much less thermally efficient engines and higher speed.

[@dylanthrust6683]

@@kenoliver8913 I actually worked on hypersonic missiles and on mach 2 fighters. And here s the basic problem sure going higher, say above 50k feet and even 60K feet there is less drag,. But then you need engines that are capable of producing a lot thrust relative to low hair density, to maintain higher speed and bigger wings just to get enough lift. As you get higher and higher your coffin corner gets smaller and smaller. So you need to go fast to go high. So you need a lot of fuel. So here in lies the problem, cost. Let's say the new plane has new wonder engines that will consume only about 5000 gal of fuel per hour., about the same as a 787. And fuel is $4 a gallon. All else being equal the 787 costs $10,000 an hour divided by 380 passengers by 6 hours is $315 per passenger one way. . The Boom assuming it cost about the same operate, and assuming it is twice as fast, means that it cost $10,000 then carrying 80 people cost per flight for 3 hours will be $750. So it is more than double the cost in a best case scenario. This does not take into account higher maintenance or the cost of building supersonic plane is much higher than subsonic plane. The only real efficiency comes from being able to turn around the plane faster. Hey, I would buy a ticket, but I would not invest in the company.

[@aadiduggal1860]

@@dylanthrust6683 Yea, I'd agree. It's basically a pipe dream. I don't see a startup company that's been around for less than 10 years suddenly jump over all the hurdles that Concorde had. You'd think it would be someone like LM who actually has the decades worth of experience in supersonic technology to develop a supersonic aircraft.

[@dirkbruere]

Two hours to get to the airport, two hours to get from the airport, one hour each end in the airport. Shaving 3 hours off the transatlantic flight does not seem a big deal

[@jonnda]

Depends on where you live I guess. (Edit to add: I live less than an hour away from O’Hare. It probably takes me longer to get through security than it does to get to the airport, lol.)

[@omnibus360]

So true! For me if Boom does come to U.K. it would be a 3hr trip to Heathrow, plus a few hours there and contingency with a journey that long. Or I could drive 20 mins to Birmingham airport and take the “slow plane” and be in NY at the same time for a fraction of the cost 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@catlee8064]

If youre a CEO of a multi billion company, those few hours could cost you millions, this isnt for the booze flight to malaga....its for super rich ppl.

[@s4098429]

It will take off from private or first class only airports. Commoners can spend 6hrs not going anywhere, VIPs have a world to run.

[@omnibus360]

@@catlee8064 if you’re the CEO of multibillion you take a private jet not a public supersonic airliner… it will still be quicker as you’ll go to your local airport, minimal delay there and get to the right destination not just JFK because that’s where Delta flies the Overture. So it’s not even that helpful to people with the money…

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

wow Blows my mind a little that when we were on the moon, we were also flying around in the fastest commercial airliner. what a step back weve taken in aviation.

[@Pauly421]

We also didn't have reality TV, mumble rap or autotune. Things were really looking up for us for a while there but it seems we are totally fucking screwed as a species.

[@strikereureka5081]

Yeah, sometimes I long for the relentless government-backed technological ambition of the 60s. A time when the world dared to dream and profits were not the sole concern. These days the balance of power is much different, corporations with little interest in things other than making money, seem to have the real power.

[@nedgoldreyer8761]

Echoing the Middle Ages vs. Classical Greece and Rome.

[@bensmith7536]

SST has been 20 years away for 20 years.

[@tis_ace]

Nope

[@MartinWillett]

Along with racial equality.

[@jwenting]

@@MartinWillett which we had 20 years ago, before "diversity" became a thing.

[@dextermorgan1]

@@MartinWillett Yea, and in 2021 certain ethnic groups are purposely segregating themselves, in turn becoming the very racist they supposedly dislike so much. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️

[@patreekotime4578]

@@jwenting Said no nonwhite person ever.

[@menuly]

Boom Super Sonic is just after investor money. A serious company wouldn't have Boom in the name.

[@kapa1611]

the head of the company claims that he will be able to offer a ticket for $100. that kind of reminds me of Musk's claim that he will be able to offer Mars tickets for $100k. so maybe the company should be called SkyX xD ;)

[@alt8791]

A serious company also probably wouldn’t build an actual flight prototype that actually works. Citation: ARCASpace.

[@daos3300]

why not?

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

People don't need to be physically present much these days So, much less demand and concord was in low demand Already.

[@keithmoore5306]

back in the cave luddite we should be looking at a hypersonic commercial plane soon as it is!!!

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

@@keithmoore5306 for 7 people who need to get to Milan on a Tuesday morning? Fine. Invest if you feel so strongly.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@Bow-to-the-absurd you don't get it not allowing this tech is holding back progress! we should be looking at the first orbital habitats soon not a pitiful few space stations! progress has just stopped!! and for what some lunatics warped idea that the planet is going to melt? we may not need it but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed to exist!!

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

@@keithmoore5306 who said don't allow it? I'm. Saying there's almost no demand to be viable

[@keithmoore5306]

@@Bow-to-the-absurd it was some dep asst director for regulatory whatever when he was asked on the video about 5 years back hypothetically if the FAA would license a new SST if one came up for a license and he said for overland flights supersonic was a de-facto dead issue giving these idiotic brain dead eco fairy tales excuses!

[@bluemountain4181]

4:52 that's an interesting hat she's wearing, looks like an astronaut's helmet

[@trimule]

Braniff's owner/CEO was married to Mary Wells Rich, one of THE big names in art/advertising in the 60's/70's. That's why we had the Pop Art uniforms and Alexander Calder painted planes. The clear helmet was part of the whole futuristic look she was shooting for.

[@kalle-iivarimononen7739]

@@trimule I can't decide if that aged well or not...

[@soundped]

She looks so uncomfortable in that hat. I bet everything sounds really weird in there

[@tisjester]

"Hostesses also sported “rain domes”, a space-age plastic helmet to keep those Sassoon hairstyles and false eyelashes in place." - they were to be worn between the terminal and the plane to prevent the rigid, hair-sprayed coiffures of the period from being disturbed by the elements. They were dropped after about a month as they were hard to store and would crack.

[@thomas316]

@@trimule Great detail!

[@johnladuke6475]

Without even watching the video, I'll make this prediction. Boom will probably manage to get a jet in the air, maybe even fly passengers for a while. But ultimately, the fate will be the same as Concorde and almost certainly in a much shorter time frame. There were never enough people who needed to travel that far, that fast, and who are that rich, to make it a profitable endevour. There are even less now that the internet has connected the globe so thoroughly.

[@alexturlais8558]

Yeah i agree. A shorter flight isn't useful when I can spend that longer flight time working online.

[@keithmoore5306]

nope the FAA has already said they'll never license a supersonic commercial plane so no license no US airports no sales!!!

[@testpilotian3188]

@@keithmoore5306 FAA are also the same people that say a drone is more dangerous than a shotgun lol

[@johnladuke6475]

@@keithmoore5306 Same solution as Concorde, just don't go supersonic over land. They'll buy off the FAA if they want to do it badly enough. Still the same problem as Concorde. There are not enough people who *need* New York-London to be a 3-hour flight, or even a similar distance over land if you could magically silence the boom. What problem could be so urgent that a particular human has to take a flight, and has to arrive *today* not tomorrow, and *can't* solve it with a video call? When the Concorde stopped being profitable, video calls were science fiction, but fax machines were still a better option. This plane is doomed.

[@johnladuke6475]

@@alexturlais8558 But how often do people even have to physically go there at all, thanks to working online in the first place?

[@GURken]

There is one reason that somehow wasn't often mentioned: 50 years ago any type of transport and flight in particular was considered as a time waster, you just sit and wait. Now you have Wi-Fi on your average jet so you can be as productive as in the office. Not to mention modern portable entertainment systems. So there is no need to pay extra to skip 3 hours, especially if you wouldn't even notice it.

[@blueredbrick]

Thats a very good point.

[@levistrauss5378]

You must be pretty small if you don't even notice sitting on an airplane.

[@kenoliver8913]

Misses the point of a supersonic (indeed almost ANY) business jet. Travel on it is a prestige good, a status symbol. It doesn't need to make economic sense for most of its passengers.

[@eordonez85]

Use nuclear power to make clean synthetic fuels!

[@andyharman3022]

I was going to mention that. Nuclear is carbon-neutral. But not neutron-neutral. But what the heck, it's time to revive the technology of the SLAM missile nuclear ramjet.

[@coentrov]

Allways exited to see another vídeo from you, really like this one and very pertinent, but you should have talked about the crazy transparent hat of the woman shaking hands, maybe a stewardess

[@paolozampieri2691]

When every chapter of a storytelling begins with a “...if it works well...” then I can smell skepticism in the air!

[@number1genoa]

Slow news week , time to interview the typewriter, let's see , flying cars,UFO,s new fangled ICE, no...no..no ah ! yes the SST business jet fantasy hasnt been used for a while.

[@archenema6792]

The Concorde died due to technical difficulties, but don't forget the powerful anti-SST movement that put every other option out of business prior to that. Nobody wants their entire neighborhood shaking like an earthquake dozens of times per day just to save passengers a little bit of time on their journey.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

No, not technical difficulties. Economic reality.

[@archenema6792]

@@lumpyfishgravy Perhaps, but the instability in landing approaches, and the resulting crashes, certainly put the nail in the coffin.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

@@archenema6792 Concorde never crashed on landing. One crashed due to runway debris and poorly protected fuel tanks. After which the remaining craft were Kevlar-ed up and flights resumed with international approvals. So I'll assume you're talking about Concorde replacements. Do they really cause earthquakes??

[@archenema6792]

@@lumpyfishgravy "like"

[@wainwj11]

Can't see supersonic coming back anytime soon. There are very very good reasons why Concorde doesn't operate anymore and it wasn't the crash that did it.

[@JayDourado]

,x

[@keithmoore5306]

oh once we get the tree huggers back in the asylum they might!!!

[@ProjectNemesis92]

@@keithmoore5306 right? People seem to have gotten too soft

[@s4098429]

Yes, but can BOOM cross the Pacific Ocean? Beijing to San Fransisco, Sydney to LA, Tokyo to London, Mumbai to Washington? These are the routes a 21st century aeroplane needs to be capable of if it’s going to change the world. NY to London is so old hat.

[@Outland9000]

It will need more range and cheaper tickets if its not going to fail like Concord did.

[@s4098429]

@@Outland9000 I think it only makes sense as a private jet, if it has the range. If a Saudi Prince can’t fly from Washington to Arabia in 4hrs on Boom, then Boom is pretty pointless.

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

The big route will be west coast to Hawaii. All the rich people can commute to the mainland in 2hrs.

[@tieck4408]

The ozone layer called, says "So you saved 90 min. You can pay me back in cancer... in Australia."

[@keithmoore5306]

plane never hurt that that was Freon mainly!!!

[@jeeziss]

Say it with me now: "If it sounds too good to be true........

[@garrysekelli6776]

Time travelling protestor@10:04

[@v3xman]

@QED there's someone there holding a "Ban the Boom", which now we could think as referring to the Boom company

[@chuckdavinci9044]

It will fail but the executives will get rich in the meantime 😂

[@Cyan37]

That's a bad choice for a company name. Yes, sonic boom, cool, wow....just don't name your company of words that might also be negative. Boom, as in explosion, is certainly not the best choice. If one of your planes explodes/crashes it's gonna become a joke and you don't want that.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Not only that, but it was the sonic boom which caused the failure of the Concorde, dissuading corporations to buy planes or to invest.

[@daos3300]

there are no hard & fast rules for naming a company. it's a great choice - you take the one thing that's negative, around which the entire company is built, and own it from day one. it's short, memorable and visually appealing. regardless of what eventually happens to the company or its products, the name is fantastic.

[@Cyan37]

@@daos3300 Who said it's a rule? I just pointed out how it can bite you in the ass later on. And considering what Sans Handlebars said, it really isn't a good name.

[@daos3300]

@@Cyan37 as i said, it isn't good, it's fantastic. but worst case scenario, one of their planes crashes and people die, they're going to have more on their plate than what the company name is.

[@Cyan37]

@@daos3300 No shit. I'm mainly talking about public relations though. I would agree that it's a good name if supersonic passenger flights wouldn't have the history they do.

[@bernadettetreual]

Hmm, how could a fuel guzzler ever be green? Also, carbon capture at scale is just a pipe dream, so far. I normally enjoy your videos. But this one was just the Boom prospectus in the form of a video.

[@jwenting]

oh, "we're using green fuels"...

[@gdpvk]

It's a person passionate about technological and engineering advancements sharing his enthusiasm with what ever information he could get his hands on and present a optimistic look for it...nobody is promising this ll happen...but it ll be good if it happens...coz supersonic flight at current civilization accepted norms is pretty challenging

[@stuartlee6622]

Fk green

[@soin74]

Who gives these videos "thumbs down"? I mean it, could someone explain this to me please? These can't be other youtube creators, they're way too busy and smart to troll like this. Some really great videos have literally thousands of "thumbs down", how does that happen? These are not make-up tutorials and in a way you have to choose to have these recommended to you.

[@cristianverdugogalaz8725]

just part of the effort towards hate i would asume, like sure, some of the dislikes are proper dislikes, either didn't understand, are actually against the subject, but yeah the shear amount its just weird, but noticing for some reason people do like to put a lot of time in their day towards hating on stuff, like "i'm gonna waste time of my day doing something i don't like" just feel counter intuitive but its a human trait apparently. at least it doesn't matter much and even tricks the algorithm since it apparently recognises it as veiwer engagement

[@francisboyle1739]

Probably flat earthers or others with a similar "If I don't understand it at least I can get angry at it" attitude.

[@EASYTIGER10]

The 2020s: The decade we picked up where we left off at the end of the late 1960s

[@kapa1611]

or: the decade we forgot the lessons of the late 60s xD

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Total BS. The Concorde and the space race only happened as a result of public funding, private companies will never be able to compete with those accomplishments.

[@----.__]

@@PistonAvatarGuy SpaceX?

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@----.__ What about it?

[@C.I...]

@@----.__ Is going to kill their astronauts in Starship when something goes wrong with their dangerous and unnecessary flip manouvre, or when a stuck thruster initiates a spin in space and they can't fix it because the switch they need is in a submenu in a touch screen.

[@MarcMercier1971]

When I worked at Bose Corp (the speaker company) it was well known that Dr. Bose ONLY flew on the Concorde. No other means would do. When the Concordes were grounded, he really had no choice.

[@Ikbeneengeit]

I feel a very lucrative class action lawsuit for noise pollution coming

[@patreekotime4578]

Not just noise pollution. How much extra carbon does this release into the atmosphere? For environmental reasons alone this whole concept just needs to be ditched.

[@sheldoniusRex]

Kill all lawyers.

[@kenoliver8913]

Not even the tame FAA will certify a commercial plane that cannot remotely meet today's airport noise standards, so it won't get to class action stage. It's takeoff noise, not sonic boom, that is the impossible engineering problem of an SST.

[@trimule]

I'm not even going to watch this BS. I went through this whole song & dance in the 1960's with Pan Am's horrible episode with the Boeing 2707 SST that never was - just like this one will never be. I read the other day that United sees a viable market for this 88 passenger plane at $7000-$10000 for JFK-LHR. Yes, there ARE (I've seen it) people who will walk up to the counter and pay that for a last minute 1st Class ticket without batting an eye but they sure as Hell aren't going to get 88 of them for a daily trans Atlantic/Pacific flight. Any of you skeptics - get back to me when you buy your ticket and I'll apologize and admit my error.

[@JaccovanSchaik]

I'll say one thing for Boom: their computer graphics are top notch.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

4:57 lol. WTF have they made that poor woman wear?!? Supersonic flight-attendant work required a beehive-accommodating bubble space-helmet?!?

[@dan725]

Wait, did our dude Paul lose significant weight? I can’t be the only one who noticed?

[@Chris.Davies]

Your ignorance of Betteridge's Law of Headlines is shocking. Because you give the answer away in the title. The answer is (of course) "NO". And so there is no point in watching this video. Not even one second of it. I suggest you learn Betteridge's law, and stop posing silly closed questions in your titles, as it indicates the worst of lazy journalism.

[@StonedGossard_]

with the concord it is possible to visit the museum to see the future

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

100 years of flight and only 1 thing gets the maximum amount of protection and survivability for a crash...the black box...passengers? give them a seat belt :3

[@lumpyfishgravy]

This story comes round every few years, and every single one of them is vaporware.

[@MrFujinko]

well, as long as you can keep pumping some money from clueless vc's...

[@kenoliver8913]

True, but Boom has got further along than previous efforts with some actual metal being bashed. The vapour is condensing a little though there is still a better than even chance it will evaporate at some stage ....

[@peter74ravda]

SpaceX is absolutely a project of the government and military industrial complex. All SpaceX projects are financed through different government programs. They started out being financed through DARPA. The sheer fact that a nobody like Elon Musk was somehow able to get all the system launch protocols and effortlessly tie SpaceX systems with Nasa system, such as launch systems, docking systems and also was able to pull Tom Muller with bunch of high profile engineers and specialist from TWR clearly points that there were deep connections with the government. Also look at the names of people who went to Russia with Elon Musk to try and buy old Russian ICBMs - former CIA spooks. Anybody who believes that some private citizen can just suddenly start launching shit into space is fooling themselves.

[@boyan3001]

There are way too many "if they succeed". All that sounds more like someone's fantasy, instead of serious engineering vision.

[@drfutato]

Like Elon’s hyper loop bullshit

[@christopherharmon2433]

Until the FAA allows civilian supersonic travel (and its associated sonic booms), the idea of domestic SSTs are DOA. This was one of the major things that fatally killed Concorde. With no NYC to LA flights in 3+ hours, it was doomed.

[@tvalecic]

Concorde - most beautiful thing that ever fly on our sky

[@Bob_Adkins]

Certainly in the top 5, but I give that distinction to the B1.

[@GlenHunt]

Beautiful but dated, but an icon is allowed to be that. I see it as an anchor in a timeline.

[@endutubecensorship]

Everyone has thier preferences, I present to you a fully mirror polished Supermarine Spitfire 😍

[@GlenHunt]

@@endutubecensorship YES!! I love those things! By a longshot, I didn't grow up when they were in use, but I grew up long enough ago that there were plenty of WWII aircraft around. It was like two overlapping epochs.

[@endutubecensorship]

@@GlenHunt I wish I had the opportunity to purchase surplus fighter aircraft just as the war ended. "I need another $2.5 million....grab another crated Spitfire/Mustang/Corsair/Typhoon/Thunderbolt out of the barn"

[@thomas316]

Is this some sort of scam to part investors with their hard earned? 🤔 If it sounds too good to be true...

[@Markus-zb5zd]

Works with Hyperloop

[@Cube-3710]

Companies have promised this decade SST's, they're delayed.

[@ghostindamachine]

At the airshow of Scheveningen / The Hague, back in the 1980s, Concorde came soring over, engines almost throttled all the way back. Majestically it swooped passed. Myself still a small boy on the shoulders of my dad was amazed by the sheer beauty of this aircraft. And a life long passion for aircraft was born. She is form that follows function, yet the most beautiful airframe. I sincerely hope that one of the new initiatives work out and supersonic travel comes back and stays for good.

[@levistrauss5378]

I'm pretty sure I've got a box of SST's in my garage.

[@jonnyswalk4674]

Thanks Paul an excellent video as always 👏 . Sharp threads as ever too bro 😎 Warmest wishes from South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - Jonathan 😊 👍

[@bBersZ]

And Boom goes the dynamite.

[@magnus800]

Totally. It needed. If people want air travel, it’ll have to be economical and minimal environmental impact. Supersonic aircraft aren’t the way to go.

[@loddude5706]

I'm still left wondering if anyone else of a certain age, also whispers 'Equinox' at the end of your titles sequence? : )

[@alansmith8837]

Boy i loved equinox and how horizon used to be. Fairly in depth science and entertaining, now its all diets climate change fads with the l.c.d.

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

I don't get all the jazz over the sonic boom. I live near a DOD aircraft test facility and it's not a big deal. And the "green sustainability" BS in this video was nauseating. Let's just build some awesome aircraft and quit overthinking it.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

"I wanna save the planet but travel supersonic."

[@RTMZ06]

Can someone tell me what is on her head at 4:52?

[@mostlysunny582]

Forget the supersonic jet, lets talk about those meals.

[@hael8680]

And the leg room.

[@itsd0nk]

I live directly under the main paths of air traffic landing and departing JFK. I remember growing up always hearing the Concorde twice a day, particularly the morning takeoff flight, where our grade school teachers all had to pause what they were saying for a good 30 seconds while we all waited for the deafening thunder to end from that thing going full throttle on its ascent. Edit: and not just right near the airport, but about 10 miles from it, which makes some of the worst and longest lasting noises of planes going directly over my house

[@sakumisan]

I doubt it will ever make it into production, but I'd like it to actually make it.

[@pilotsimms535]

Ranks right up there with the flying car. Hard to believe people keep bringing this up. "Tech" can change all the time, but your phone is not going to cancel those sonic booms and attacks from the "green" politicians.

[@celebalert5616]

We should concentrate on supersonic trains first due to lower carbon emisisons....

[@adamondovcak525]

... good luck doing that

[@blueredbrick]

Inside a low pressure tunnel ?

[@macdietz]

...supersonic equals sonic booms. There will never be a hypersonic RAIL system... btw you still have to power it to supersonic speeds which will require enormous amounts of electricity. Wind turbines and solar panels will never even get you close to the required output. So unless you are suggesting building a literal ground-base nuclear bullet to put humans into in order to save an hour of air travel, i dont see that ever even being suggested as an option...

[@macdietz]

@@blueredbrick wonder what you think emergency procedures will look like inside a giant vacuum 🙄

[@thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf9643]

@@blueredbrick I imagine that to produce these tunnels will put more carbon into the atmosphere than it would save

[@GeneralGayJay]

Don't make yourself an illusion. A new Concord would be for the superrich again...

[@timthompson468]

Is “Boom” a good name for an aircraft manufacturer?

[@SubTroppo]

Fireball XL5 was taken.

[@brandonl8039]

This thing is going to fail. They have just made a bunch of wild claims but have not overcome any of the fundamental physics problems that Concorde had.

[@lorisperfetto6021]

I love how the US ban concorde after they couldn't get their supersonic plane airborne

[@lorisperfetto6021]

@Frank Silvers not as advanced ad the concorde. Their ealry version was faster and more complex, but ended up being just a copy of Concorde. I think they were kinda interested in the market, or they wouldn't have built prototypes. You seem to forget that in other occasions the US had been reluctant to take European planes, even if they were better.

[@lorisperfetto6021]

@Frank Silvers amazing, but we are talking about airline planes. Not military jets. The X-15 and SR-71 are between the most advanced aircrafts aver built. Again, I was referring to public transport planes. So read again my comment with that in mind.

[@lorisperfetto6021]

@Frank Silvers it doesn't matter? You really don't know what you are talking about. The planes you mentioned are more advanced than the concorde for their purposes, I never said that they aren't. But, we are talking about AIRLINES JETS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT AIRPLANES. they are completely different from small supersonic jets. They are much bigger, much much heavier, they need to withstand much greater forces and they have got to carry the most fragile cargo: people. They only countries who built and flown a supersonic airplane for people are France, the UK (concorde) and the Soviet Union. (TU-144). If you cannot understand how much more difficult and dangerous building a supersonic airtravel mean for the masses is than building a smaller, faster, reconnaissance MILITARY jet; that's not my problem. You're embarrassing yourself and frantically trying to get off topic. Accept reality. P.S. I know you didn't mention the X-15, but I took It as an example to make my, still valid, point.

[@alexbooyse9053]

No air company would ever charge $100 for a flight. Any chance of charging more they will do it. Not for the benefit of mankind

[@benwilson6145]

Concorde, destroyed by bits falling off a DC10, not the Boeing 2707.

[@josephstevens9888]

I'll I can can say is Boom is cool! I wish them well on their endeavor to build a SST.

[@thewebspinner]

Been following Boom for a few years now, nice to see their prototype is nearly ready to fly!

[@vagnhenning]

They've been promising that ther prototype would fly "this year" for the last half decade. I'm surprised they enjoy anyone's confidence at this point.

[@tjk_prince]

4:43 what is that on her head

[@markos.5539]

1969 wasn't only a good year... it was nice year. 19 sixty nice

[@craigsawyer6453]

The reason we don't chug along in steam trains or roam the skies in air ships is these forms of transportation are not practical. No matter how you design it going fast burns a lot of fuel and that brings an ever increasing price tag. Sonic booms are just a huddle but price per mile is what stops dreams from becoming a reality.

[@N1originalgazza]

I always love "curious droid" videos! Unfortunately, this time, the video doesn't add anything new to the countless videos existing today on YT about SST, Boom and Concorde. Thank you CD!

[@paulinenyasuguta1244]

Boom Supersonic that's like calling a ship company Sink

[@sulijoo]

"With social-distancing built in, might be a lot better too" I can't believe you said that with a straight face, Phil. Have you ever been concerned about catching germs from flying before? Why now? I am so sick of this covid hysteria, it's more pernicious than the actual virus.

[@PeteCourtier]

Well said👍 Have a virtual pint🍺

[@benGman69]

4:52 It's Sandy from SpongeBob SquarePants!

[@TheVexCortex]

Neat idea, nothing will come of it though. Too much focus on "green" and "co2", and not enough on "efficient". (It seems everyone has forgotten that life on our planet is carbon based.) They'll build anywhere from 0 to a handful, and they wont live up to any of the promises.

[@trentwalker989]

I guess the middle class doesn't exist when these people design these things 😂 We will never be able to afford to fly on stuff like this

[@hagerty1952]

Excellent summary, as always. However, all of the "sustainability," "environmentally aware," "carbon-neutral biofuel," "low sonic boom," "ozone layer friendly," "built-in social distancing" virtue signaling means absolutely nothing against economics. If it can't make more money than it costs to run, it will fail. Unlike auto manufacturers who can make and sell electric vehicles at a loss because the government allows them to use their MPGe to offset the sales of fuel-hungry SUV's (which pay the bills), an SST needs to carry it's own weight.

[@andyharman3022]

Bravo! You harpooned all of those buzzwords that are used today to stop progress by making it too expensive to start any project.

[@dolfandringa]

Awesome vid, but can you please address who the woman at 4:59 is and wt* she's wearing on her head. It's hilarious

[@RogerM88]

SpaceX fanboys: "Nope....the future is using a rocket to travel point to point. Even if the fuel cost, safety ratings, and sound waves, are worst".

[@RogerM88]

@Sig Bauer yup...it's like ridding a giant bomb, in a controlled explosion.

[@Jedward108]

4:58 What's the story with the lady wearing a transparent bubble on her head?

[@Timpon_Dorz]

@4:58...wtf is she wearing?

[@feelx92ger]

EVA suit romanticism

[@zapfanzapfan]

4:57 That's an alien from Mars Attacks, isn't it? :-)

[@Skylancer727]

We would need a massive efficiency upgrade for it to be considered worth it. Especially today where people really scrutinize carbon emissions.

[@Markus-zb5zd]

Yeah and the high bypass engines we have today are quite efficient, hard to beat

[@BillySugger1965]

So if the Soviet version was dubbed “Concordski”, perhaps the American version should be dubbed “cahncorde”?

[@geofham8332]

Hi , time for revenge no American supersonic jets here in UK.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I'm sure if the plane is to be American those laws about sonic booms over populate areas will miraculously disappear

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@Frank Silvers I mean it's a factual statement

[@fixedguitar47]

I live in the vicinity of FIVE airports. Three are international. Every five minutes I have a 737 coming over the house. Supersonic jets make a bit MORE noise. So till that’s solved it’s not gonna happen.

[@theralfinator]

They don't make more noise on final approach to land though.

[@fixedguitar47]

@@theralfinator - Any increase in decibel level on takeoff won’t be welcomed. People complain about the F-16 when they come by. It’s not gonna happen

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

4:58 - that woman looks like she ran out of the salon with the machine still attached 😂

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

4:57 What on earth is she wearing..? Reminds me of the film 'Mars Attacks'.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Ack ack!

[@TheAllAroundMan]

If it doesn't have a droop snoot I don't care.

[@MartinWillett]

Why would it need one? We have reversing cameras in cars surely we can have cameras in nose wheel assemblies.

[@TheAllAroundMan]

@@MartinWillett I need it because it's funny when the snoot droops

[@jamesbuckley6951]

Advanced biofuels are not made from foodstock

[@kncks3153]

4:53 can someone explain her style? What does she wear on the head and why?