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Boom Supersonic comments on NASA’s new quieter supersonic flight. Plus, an update on Duke researcher Dan Ariely, job opening trends, and IBM sheds real estate.
Sonic booms are part of the reason why supersonic passenger planes don’t fly today. Now, NASA is working to transform the boom into a “thump,” paving the way for a new generation of quieter supersonic aircraft.
London to Miami in five hours is promised for the next generation of high-speed passenger planes
Most of them plan to launch supersonic planes in 2029. EON Aerospace and other companies are developing supersonic passenger planes, according to Gizmodo.
Supersonic jets do not have a place in the future, Willie Walsh, the former boss of British Airways, said, adding that he would not buy them if he still ran an airline as he dismissed a plan by United Airlines to bring them back. Supersonic passenger travel died out with the retirement of Concorde in 2003, but United said earlier in June it agreed to buy 15 ultra-fast jets from Boom Supersonic. "We'll watch with interest but no, I wouldn't be buying it," Walsh told an airlines conference on Thursday.