Boom has revealed new design images of the Supersonic aircraft, the Overture. With the aim to deliver sustainable supersonic commercial flight, the company has already made deals with United Airlines and Japan Airlines to buy the aircraft that is in development. In fact, United Airlines announced that it was investing $3 billion in the plane last year.
Faster, Better, and More Sustainable
Boom said that the Overture will fly at twice the speed of today's airliners and that it can fly from New York to London in only 3.5 hours, as reported by Interesting Engineering. Updates about the overture were only revealed recently at the Farnborough International Airshow.
The Overture may be able to accommodate 65-80 passengers and it will fly at Mach 1.7 over the ocean. It will also run on 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Boom expects that it will go into production by 2024.
The Overture reflects the company's mission to remove the barriers to experiencing the planet. This is why the new design will now carry fewer passengers and they have made this sacrifice to make the aircraft more quiet and efficient.
Therefore, it will have a quieter supersonic boom than the Concorde which also means it will have fewer restrictions while flying over populated areas. However, it will still need to fly under Mach 1 over land.
The aircraft will be equipped with buzz-free engineers with no afterburners. Plus, it will feature the world's first automated noise reduction system. With that, it won't be louder than the convention aircraft during takeoff.
The company also announced that it has reconfigured the fuselage and gull wings of the aircraft. They also added more engines to it. Therefore, the Overture will now have four smaller engines on its wings. In turn, this will let the aircraft be quieter and help decrease operation costs. The aircraft will have a 106-feet wingspan and a length of 201 feet.
It will have a reduced drag with better fuel efficiency as well, thanks to the wider fuselage near the front. Additionally, its gull wing design can improve safety, especially when flying at lower speeds. This can also help decrease engine strain.
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Still So Many Things To Do At This Point
The future is bright for Boom, and the Overture design is worth looking forward to. However, the company has still some work to do to make the aircraft operate in 2024. Currently, the company is working to procure a specific engine for the Overture.
Flight tests for the Overture may begin in Mojave, California by 2026 and will hopefully be operational by 2029.
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Written by April Fowell
