the way for the supersonic overture designed by a denver company called boom. because it will have a sonic boom, it did only fly over the ocean. cutting the flight time from new york to london from 7 hours to about three and a half. about thr that's good enough for united airlines which has ordered 15 of the jets. >> it looks like a bigger version of this. >> your vision goes beyond that though. because you think that you ought to have a plane where for a hundred bucks i go from new york to london. >> and imagine what it would be like if instead of reading about other cultures in text books and youtube videos, if our kids instead were able to visit other people. o break bread with them, experience their shared humanity. >> reporter: so next year test pilots and their experimental jets will take to the skies. to see if our world can go a lot faster and maybe become a lot closer. barry petersen, cbs news, edwards air force base,