Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl wants to bring back flights that break the sound barrier. Now he just needs to figure out whether airlines and travelers will buy in.

Concorde's supersonic speed caused loud sonic booms upon breaking the sound barrier, which limited its routes to those above water. Concordes were ultimately discontinued because of high operating ...

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Before that, he worked for technology firms, starting as a software engineer at Amazon in 2001. Development on the Overture began in 2016, with demonstration model XB-1 revealed in 2020.

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It should be noted, however, that Chuck Yeager, the famed test pilot who became the first man to break the sound barrier in 1947, loved the F-104 for its sheer power and speed.

Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in late January with its XB-1 test jet, paving the way forward in the startup's efforts to build its own supersonic airliner.

“XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight – without an audible boom,” Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, said in a statement.