Boom works with regulators to define new supersonic commercial air travel rules
DENVER - Supersonic aviation pioneers at Boom have assisted the FAA and other regulators around the world in creating new international standards for supersonic flight, according to the company, Caleb Revill writes for Flying. Continue reading original article.
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
26 March 2025 - "In order to operate within today’s regulations, Boom plans to operate Overture at Mach 0.94 over land—approximately 20% faster than today’s subsonic jets—only breaking the sound barrier over water, where it would speed up to Mach 1.7, or twice as fast," the Denver-based Boom Supersonic said in its news release. "The data collected from XB-1’s supersonic flight establishes the possibility of Overture traveling up to 50% faster than today’s jets over land without an audible boom.
Boom continued, "Bringing this compelling speedup to coast-to-coast routes in the United States would require replacing the existing federal ban on civil aircraft exceeding a speed of Mach 1—the regulation known as 14 CFR 91.817—with sensible, data-driven guidance for supersonic flight over land. As currently written, the regulation addresses only supersonic speed, without taking into account that it is possible today for aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1 without creating a boom that is heard on the ground. Updating this standard, originally implemented over fifty years ago, would clear the way for the return of supersonic travel."
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