This plane can make a Paris New York as fast as the Concorde

Since the first crossing of the Atlantic by Charles Lindberg in 1927, millions of planes have passed over this great ocean to reach the American continent from Europe, and vice versa.

For almost as long, engineers around the world have been working to produce aircraft that are ever faster and capable of carrying large numbers of passengers. But while the climate crisis calls into question the use of the plane, a few reckless people are still trying to produce new, ever faster prototypes.

This is particularly the case of Boom Supersonic, a young company which has just given us news of its supersonic plane Overture. According to its own words, this aircraft should become when it enters service “the fastest airliner in the world”.

A plane as fast as the Concorde

It must be said that with a cruising speed above Mach-1, the characteristics of this aircraft have something to dream about. The air world had not seen such a monster since the end of the Concorde. As for the Franco-British project, the difficulties during the conception of “Ouverture” are numerous and the new plans for Boom Supersonic are less ambitious.

The company is indeed presenting a new fuselage, more aerodynamic in its terms, but also shorter, which considerably reduces the weight. With four engines, this small plane should be able to propel around thirty people over the Atlantic Ocean and reach the American east coast in less than 4 hours.

By way of comparison, a conventional commercial flight today takes more than 6 hours to reach two destinations on either side of this great ocean.

But the news isn’t all bad for Boom Supersonic. The company has indeed announced through the voice of its CEO Scholl that the brand will henceforth work with the American Northrop Grumman. A household name among space lovers, this company has worked with NASA for decades.

According to the CEO of Boom supersonic, this brand new collaboration could be a strong argument for the United States, which would then have at their disposal (or almost) an aircraft capable of carrying out reconnaissance missions, but also logistics in record time. .

Many things remain to be done

But for the moment all these dreams still seem far away. While the company’s 3D renderings are appealing, the brand has yet to fly any of its models and a first “iron plane” should be built during the year to test the on-board controls and the various flight instruments.

An inaugural test should take place this year with the XB-1 model, a prototype close to Opening, but which presents some notable differences with the final version of the aircraft. Scholl has not yet communicated on a launch date for this new aircraft which could therefore take to the air in several years if development continues.