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Boom Supersonic’s commercial supersonic jet-building facility opens Monday at the Piedmont Triad Airport in Greensboro.
According to its website, the Overture Superfactory on Piedmont Triad Parkway will serve as the final assembly line for Overture flight tests and customer delivery.
In 2022, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a $500 million investment from the company.
Boom Supersonic’s CEO previously told WRAL News the plan is to set up the Overture airliner manufacturing and assembling facility first and then begin production in 2024. The assembly line will be underway in 2025, and the first jet could take flight in 2026, according to the company.
Testing should be complete and flights should be ready for passengers by 2029. more
They’re way under financed, don’t have enough space, and haven’t we tried this before?
The optimist in me says ‘hell yes.’ The realist says ‘hold on.’ Competitors around the world will pay off democrats to gum up the works. If that doesn’t benefit our competitors, the U S government’s involvement will make these fools give up in frustration. Kinda makes ya wonder whose side the demo communists are really on, don’t it?
“Kinda makes ya wonder whose side the demo communists are really on, don’t it?”
I’m not sure the exact date and time it happened, but I never wonder anymore.
Lord help me, but I read that as Boof Supersonic jet facility opens in Greensboro
If it sounds too good to be true…
Another Demwit, global money grab project of NC Gov. Cooper. It may not pan out, but his pockets will be lined. One of his other massive factory projects, a Vietnamese EV company Vinfast has been delayed over and over building their factory. We’ll see if this latest massive factory will actually be built.
I aint seein’ it, that’s just me, whenever I see, “zero carbon net”, failure lurks close by.
are the planes solar or wind powered?
OK, so once again (remember the Concorde?) I can fly from Washington DC to London in 5 hours instead of 7-8. I still will have to arrive 3-4 hours before departure, and line up for eternity to check my bag. Then another 2 hours through passport check and then “Too Stupid for Arbys” (TSA) “security” theatrics. Since I;ll be leaving from Dulles, there is the obligatory ride on the “moon bus” (a relic of the 1950s “vision of the future”). The diesel filth alone rivals Al Gore’s existence. “Are we there yet”. “Sorry folks there will be a slight delay as air traffic control…”
^ And since the tickets are AT LEAST twice as expensive as subsonic flights, we’ll provide you with two (2) bags of honey-coated almonds instead of one. Plus, your first checked bag is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!! (Please try to contain your enthusiasm. We know it’s hard because we’re WITH YOU!)
Now, to qualify for a ticket on this amazing aircraft requires a bit more security checking as you’d expect from something this expensive (and dangerous!). Our system’s “Precheck” uses your Soc. Sec. Number, D.O.B, your Medicare number (when appropriate), your passport number, your drivers license, credit card, bank accounts and their routing numbers, the password to your smart phone, and finally, the names/addresses/phone #’s of all your children.
Lastly, all flights are non-refundable. And welcome aboard!
And the parts. Where are they made? I think we all wanna know.