mzaharis
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I'd normally chalk this up as crackpots with a website, but this one seems to have some legitimacy. Two potential developers just announced at NBAA - Aerion Corp and Supersonic Aerospace International.
http://www.ainonline.com/weeklynews/AIN_weeklynews.html
Aerion corp (See October 11 news) - Interesting design (if it is to be believed) - capable of flying the same distance subsonically or supersonically, making it no less useful when flown over land. 8-10 people, Mach 1.6 top speed, 4000+ NM range. Board of advisors includes Brian Barents, former CEO of Learjet and Galaxy Aerospace, and Michael Henderson, who was Boeing's chief project engineer for enabling technologies, and is backed by Robert Bass, a major (10 Bil managed assets) investment manager. Interestingly, it uses 2 JT8D-219 engines, so it shouldn't be blasting the airport neighbors. Under $80 million target price. 90,000 lb MTOW. They don't claim that it will be able to fly supersonically over land.
http://www.aerioncorp.com
Can't find quite so much on Supersonic Aerospace International (see Oct 12 news in the AIN online link). Run by Allan Paulson's son (isn't he the guy who ran Gulfstream?). Clay Lacy is an advisor. Designed by Lockheed Martin (haven't they built some airplane that flys a bit above mach 1?
) Supposedly same cost, range, payload as the Aerion. More use of the recent DARPA sonic boom suppression technologies, so they claim that it'll be able to be supersonic over land. 153,000 lb MTOW.
BTW, interesting typo - when they talked about certification dates for the Supersonic Aerospace International airplane, they said that it would be in the "2011 to 2112" timeframe - 101 year target window. Who knows, maybe this'll prove to be a bit harder than people thought, and the 2112 date will be more realistic than the 2011 date.
http://www.ainonline.com/weeklynews/AIN_weeklynews.html
Aerion corp (See October 11 news) - Interesting design (if it is to be believed) - capable of flying the same distance subsonically or supersonically, making it no less useful when flown over land. 8-10 people, Mach 1.6 top speed, 4000+ NM range. Board of advisors includes Brian Barents, former CEO of Learjet and Galaxy Aerospace, and Michael Henderson, who was Boeing's chief project engineer for enabling technologies, and is backed by Robert Bass, a major (10 Bil managed assets) investment manager. Interestingly, it uses 2 JT8D-219 engines, so it shouldn't be blasting the airport neighbors. Under $80 million target price. 90,000 lb MTOW. They don't claim that it will be able to fly supersonically over land.
http://www.aerioncorp.com
Can't find quite so much on Supersonic Aerospace International (see Oct 12 news in the AIN online link). Run by Allan Paulson's son (isn't he the guy who ran Gulfstream?). Clay Lacy is an advisor. Designed by Lockheed Martin (haven't they built some airplane that flys a bit above mach 1?
) Supposedly same cost, range, payload as the Aerion. More use of the recent DARPA sonic boom suppression technologies, so they claim that it'll be able to be supersonic over land. 153,000 lb MTOW.BTW, interesting typo - when they talked about certification dates for the Supersonic Aerospace International airplane, they said that it would be in the "2011 to 2112" timeframe - 101 year target window. Who knows, maybe this'll prove to be a bit harder than people thought, and the 2112 date will be more realistic than the 2011 date.
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