The Race For Speed: What Supersonic Passenger Planes Could We See By 2030?

Imagine a world where New Yorkers can head to London for the day and be back in their own bed by the end of the night. Well, if all goes according to plan, this type of supersonic travel could happen before the end of the decade.
The last commercial supersonic flight was over 17 years ago. Were you around to see it happen?
The maximum speed of air travel has decreased since then but that is set to change in the next decade as several manufacturers work on new aircraft.
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[@mann2520]

Imagine 30 minutes from Singapore to New York😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@atishghosh]

SpaceX might as well pull it off in a few decades

[@dfor]

@@atishghosh an ICBM would take around 45 minutes to go from singapore-new York, so thats unlikely

[@achtunger5528]

Imagine getting on the toilet in Singapore and then wiping in New York lmao

[@osasunaitor]

9:25 Spike S-512: our plane will be windowless to reduce structural fatigue 5:58 Boom Overture: *lol... big windows go brrrr*

[@matsv201]

If there is composite window laminated into the wall, all strucural issues are history.

[@HeadPack]

Enjoying your videos. A suggestion, if I may. The audio from your remote contributors is often pretty poor, compared to the excellent voice over. Would it be possible they record their comments with decent microphones, while you are communicating remotely? That way, you could use these higher quality recordings of the Zoom calls, or whatever you are using there.

[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

Thanks for the feedback! We're working on that with some of the worse microphones.

[@Gnefitisis]

Wow, you know I’ve heard it said that these will be just super playthings for the super and ultra rich, but now that I see that the largest plane only sits 55, now I’m convinced. These new planes may be technologically advanced, but really unless these prove to be highly successful to allow economy class travel, these are just increasing the divide between the middle and upper class, at the cost of our environment.

[@techhelpportalextras3007]

Who cares aside from you snowflakes

[@Gnefitisis]

@@techhelpportalextras3007 lol. You clearly can't have a conversation.

[@Br0nson_0]

Your content is truly surpreme❤🔥

[@mann2520]

Yay another post of LH by Simple flying

[@moriz6834]

I hope to fly supersonic soon. Especially, when I want to go from point to point with minimum flying time.

[@connormclernon26]

I want to be a pilot on supersonic soon. By the time this occurs, if it occurs, I’ll have enough hours to get hired to fly them

[@internetperson9813]

I want to start an airline based on supersonic travel.

[@riliryrimaddyvia9630]

It's pretty cool to know that we went so far from your ancestors taking days to get to their destination but now it takes less then a day but now....I wonder what's up for the next 100 years.

[@riliryrimaddyvia9630]

I belive from my analysis,anyone who doenst know anything about Aviation will think about adding rocket engines to go supersonic.

[@Dan-ji5co]

True bro lmao 🤣

[@kaka1894]

yeah, we usually add turboprop to go supersonic

[@dellpacker7657]

what is needed is a aircraft than can freeze oxygen collected in the atmosphere through engines and these engines have to be able to operate and high altitude, and then rocket engines can be used to go faster but that is only my mere knowledge of rocketry gained through ksp

[@imblack011]

Or they will say "jUsT fIx thE cOnCOrdE hOW hARd iS iT"

[@trijetz3562]

@@imblack011 yez just stick some GENxs or something on it

[@ABC-rb5uf]

I have been inside the Concorde in Scotland. What shocked me was how small it was (door and windows) and the seats looked smaller than my VS flight. Would be interesting if they figure out a way to make the windows a little bigger and possibly chuck in a few sunroofs, to ease the cramped feeling. I really wish BA, would look at engine options and possible consider putting 1 Concorde back into service. I really think there is a market from Asia to Middle East and the UK

[@adsta5]

I really hope this happens and comes within reach of the average person. It was one of my dreams to fly on Concorde ever since I saw it as a kid in Auckland NZ, and was heartbroken when it was taken out of service.

[@noname-qf8jg]

Supersonic passenger planes are real fuel hogs, not green at all. The Concorde was a technical marvel that never made money. Air travel takes all day, travel to and from the airport , getting through security, and flight delays take two or three times the flight time. Even if the flight time were zero your whole day is shot. Why pay five or ten times as much for a ticket when your total travel time is only reduced by 10% or 20%.

[@dwightlooi]

The Concorde did not fail because of fuel consumption or ticket prices -- it flew full most of the time. It failed because it was denied the ability to flyover land and it DIDN'T HAVE THE RANGE to fly most trans-oceanic routes. In the end it was down to NY-London-Paris amounted to a dozen or so aircraft. This is not enough to support ANY commercial aircraft program. -- For any of the new supersonic entries to succeed they need to win regulatory approval to fly over land or they need enough range to cross the pacific -- preferably both but either alone will make them commercially viable. Crossing the pacific means 6300 nm of range. About the same as a Boeing 787-10 or the classic 777-200; enough for LA-Beijing, SF-Taipei, NY-Dubai, etc.

[@Cancun771]

0:18 Yeah placing multiple engines high near the tail of a large supersonic plane worked _blindingly_ well for Tupolew, last time they tried.

[@jerrinthottan9610]

SABRE and Reaction Engines Scimitar are also promising engines capable of making hypersonic propulsion. Although rockets, we also might see refined forms of Continuously Rotating Detonation Engines in the near future.

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

More suggestions: Other North American Airlines: Aeromexico, Volaris, West Jet, and Air Canada. Oceania: Quantas, Virgin Australia, and New Zealand Air Africa: Royal Air Moroc, Ethiopian Airlines, and Egypt Air S. America: Gol Transpoertes Aèreos, LATAM, and Avianica

[@riliryrimaddyvia9630]

Imagine if Airbus reviving the Concorde , useless yes,but something cool for airbus fans,yes

[@alhdgysz]

Airbus is the reason why the French government decided to stop all (British also) Concorde operation....

[@Musikur]

Nah, the amount you'd have to do to make it competitive, you'd have to almost completely redesign it. They could potentially use a lot of the design elements though (like the intake flaps which were reportedly extremely efficient

[@yoofong3256]

0:17 Swiss001 viewers, recognize something?

[@ragequit2GO]

Would be interesting to see supersonic planes and Hyperloop (supersonic trains) work in conjunction in the near future

[@riliryrimaddyvia9630]

Eh,if the trains are faster then business people will go for that as tike is money

[@ragequit2GO]

@@riliryrimaddyvia9630 perhaps where land is connected, and where there’s oceans then supersonic flight would make more sense

[@laracroft938]

Hyperloop is vaporware. Japanese maglev is a much more viable option.

[@bisonbro7]

Hyperloop is a scam. There is a reason Musk "open sourced" the idea. He's smart enough to know it'll never be an economic mode of transport.

[@trijetz3562]

Why would you want a supersonic train though

[@Windows98R]

I’m pretty sure Boom named their company after the sonic boom but the term “Boom” isn’t the most comfortable phrase to hear in a plane

[@jacksonnduati4585]

Just noticed that LH is for longer videos😁

[@REIBODERA]

Go Supersonic travels...

[@aviationofnepal178]

Hope we see supersonic airplane in 2030!

[@78Dipar]

With the current air transport crisis, there is no market for supersonic passenger planes. Anyhow, there are currently no plane engines able to fly at supersonic speed with an acceptable fuel consumption while meeting noise regulations around civil airports... A totally new kind of engines should be developped, which would take many years at huge cost for a very small market, without any garantee to get a satisfying result !

[@MeowChicken123]

Is Boom really the best name for an aircraft manufacturer?

[@lilbitgreek9486]

maybe cause the plane go BOOM when it hits Mach? lol

[@kevindavis8762]

@@lilbitgreek9486 That's exactly why it's a terrible name. Sonic booms are a big negative of supersonic flight. You would think a company trying to sell a supersonic jet would want to avoid bringing up that topic.

[@DB-gl3jx]

I don’t think we’ll ever see a supersonic commercial plane again. Demand for more “environmentally-friendly” planes are on the rise. The “need-for-speed” mentality kinda faded away throughout the years.

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

Suggestions: Other Middle Eastern Airlines: Etihad, Saudia, and Qatar. India/South Asia: Jet Airways, Air India, and Indigo. China: Hainan, China Airways, China Eastern, and China Southern Southeast Asia: Ai Asia Group, Lion Air Group, Singapore Airlines Group, and Garud Indonesia Other East Asia: ANA, JAL, Cathay Pacific, and Korean Air

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

Wish #Overture could fly soon 🛫🤓

[@randybentley2633]

They need to include the Baby Boom in the confirmation process so that it can be sold too because you know some speed freaks would pay handsomely for the right to say that they have their own supersonic toy in the ole hanger.

[@idanceforpennies281]

What happened to the SABRE engine everyone was raving about 10 years ago?

[@alhdgysz]

Imagine: point to point supersonic transport 😍 The only problem is that this concept does not allow carrying freight while flying passangers

[@nobodysperfect06]

I wonder if we will ever time in which we have supersonic commercial air travel that can fly from LA to New York or just fly overland

[@alexandernorman5337]

I don't think any of the current SST designs will be available by 2030. It will take them all more than 10 years.

[@kpm6016]

Every supersonic manufacturers gangsta until SpaceX come with their Starship travelling anywhere to the world in 30 minutes + through space.

[@ethansaviation2672]

Nah I rather go on the supersonic aircraft

[@stephenberry1205]

Australia is so far away we always longed for supersonic flight. COVID 19 has meant we are glad to be so far away. I flew Concorde once. July 1979 before they started jacking up prices to be nearly double by 1982. London to New York in 3 hrs 23 minutes instead of 7 hrs. Leave London at 11 am arrive New York 9.30 am At 55,000 to 58,000 feet sipping champers only fighter pilots in G suits get this high and this fast... So amazing. Up till COVID you could be a passenger in a Russian Mig for US $20,000 to take you to Mach 1.7 and 50,000 feet - making Concorde even more exceptional. Hope BOOM is succesful - with a 'softer' sonic boom over land.... Good Luck.

[@reachsandbox]

If they could just put that efforts in reducing global warming instead

[@ethansaviation2672]

Well they have by lowing co2 emissions

[@henrykaung9064]

This video has 808 liked! I can imagine this is a sign that Boeing is planning a Boeing 808 long haul supersonic plane! LOL! 😄

[@axel2770]

Can you do a video about how Singapore airlines, a once regional airline to one of the best airlines today, expanded to become who it is today?

[@flavoursofsound]

12:30 My favourite way to rob Mr El Rubio

[@gogamich]

Wow! France in '60 was so technological advance! Concord and TGV !

[@Think_Inc]

I don’t REALLY need supersonic speeds. I like long flight times ‘cause I get more time to watch movies and like delays as I get to learn about how the airline handles delays and get more time to spend at the airport.

[@bocahdongo7769]

Nah, supersonic flight isn't for peasant like us who opted to choose low-fare airline. Of course they has significantly less delays than normal airliner

[@idanceforpennies281]

In what economic universe does Boom think their costs are going to be equivalent to a business class seat? A very expensive plane, huge fuel burn, terrible economies of scale, only 55 passengers to spread the costs. I think it will be >5 times the cost of BC.

[@gooner72]

I sincerely hope so........ humans took a massive step backwards when Concorde was retired.

[@nathanieong6212]

Is sonic boom sorted?

[@Mike5890Aviation]

Boom Overmature can never beat the Concorde. The Boom is ugly.

[@stejer211]

It's out of the question that I will get on a plane with 54 plebeians, or that it'll take longer than 2.5 hours to New York.

[@gooner72]

The funny thing is......... once Concorde was improved after the horrible accident, she was making a lot of money. How ironic is that, eh? As for the Concordski....... it was horrible to fly in, it was incredibly noisy, had awful fuel efficiency, was uncomfortable and had a habit of falling to pieces.

[@robersonsmith1]

Next video, Reuters has an article out today. Should the US BIG 4 Carriers go down to 3?

[@dodoubleg2356]

I'm tryin' to figure out how the Boom supersonic aircraft can be profitable if it only carries 50 passengers. Sure it's got amazing range, & while it'll be light yrs ahead in terms of efficiency & fuel burn, I can't imagine it'll be cheap to operate, esp w/only 50 seats.

[@montecorbit8280]

Pooch-Smooched your facts a bit.... "XB-1 is the first civialian supersonic since 1968" (just before the 7:05 mark). Um....did you forget the kit plane of the late 90s or early 2000s?? It could do like 1.4Mach. Or does it not apply because it was a kit?? Sorry can't remember the name....

[@antr7493]

Not really manufacturing companies. They are start up companies.

[@randybentley2633]

You left out a name in the listing of American SST proposals and quite honestly it should have been the one chosen. At the time that this whole venture was started North American Aviation was putting the XB-70 through its paces and hitting speeds of Mach 3+ so they had a proven and working design that would, with some redesigning, have easily translated over into a civilian airliner design, albeit one that would have topped out at Mach 2.65. For some inexcusable reason the less complex and viable option was passed over for highly complex ( for the time ) swing wing design that in the end was dropped for what was essentially a copy of the Concorde's delta design. Its all really a shame and causes the avgeek in me no small amount of consternation every time that I see one of these videos and ponder what could have been...

[@karenslivesmatter2186]

Starship

[@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet]

If there was a Freighter variant, I'll be willing to order things from USA to Japan in one day shipping.

[@trijetz3562]

Yeah, the real question is how would you load the cargo if you have such a long nose, and if the airplane had delta wings, how would you load it from the sides? I would like to see a cargo SST though, that would be convenient.

[@kadafi4lyf]

2302: how teleportation made flying extinct

[@Mr91495osh]

The Concord was the most beautiful plane ever made but it also was a financial disaster. Every flight lost money.

[@stavrosk.2868]

05:05 " environmentally aware passengers.." if you're 'environmentally' aware you simply don't fly.

[@charleshamilton9274]

Imagine, JFK to LHR in 2.5 hours. Honestly, who hasn’t been to LHR and cleared customs in less than 2.5 hours?

[@Musikur]

How come these videos never touch on sub-orbital point to point? Both SpaceX and Virgin Galactic have spoken of doing this, and actually have flying prototypes which is more than everyone except maybe Boom

[@lars7935]

Because it's a stupid idea. No country would allow what is essentially a ballistic missile to approach their largest cities. And because of the noise the launch pads would need to be way outside the city perimeter, probably in the ocean since there are no free areas of that size near any large city

[@nachoflores8299]

Did you just pronounce Nevada correctly? I had to listen 3 times. I'm crying 😢

[@Gnefitisis]

No one gives a shit on the internet, sorry.

[@spyrmac]

Hypersonic ? No scramjets ?

[@Zackman217]

I do hope we get to see supersonic jet airliners that are powered by electricity.

[@ethansaviation2672]

That won't be here for awhile as normal jets aren't yet and aren't going to be

[@AlanSF]

8th comment and 67th view and noice content

[@pendolinofan643]

No I'm from 2008

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Virgin will never get that thing into production, they're still fannying around with their space program.

[@paulgreen6980]

I will be voting for any Politician that bans US planes flying at Mach 1 here in the UK. Just as the Yanks did with Concord.

[@sc1338]

All American?

[@jaydoublegee2831]

Maximum 800 km so why from America to Australia 😂 it’s way more than 800 km lol

[@kevindavis8762]

I'm gonna go out off a hunch and predict that none of these will ever fly commercially.

[@macbuff81]

So mostly planes for overpaid CEOs :( let's the hope the tech will filter down to commercial airlines for the masses. Airbus has some interesting designs when it comes to efficiency

[@stevenholt1867]

race for speed with shower spa

[@firstnamelastname8593]

I guess only avgeek will pay a ticket onboard these planes, while most normal people would choose Emirates's business class or something, and these planes would face the same faith as the Concorde. Just being realistic.. and a little pessimistic.

[@sethtan715]

can you not ask your editor to speak????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@sethtan715]

the audio is also bad.

[@ontebrianelsa33]

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖

[@garytyree9012]

I'm Single 😍😥

[@corbinaaron6865]

I'm Alone 😍😥

[@ethansaviation2672]

Good for you.