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How much faster will boomless flights be?
“When in Boomless Cruise, speeds are 40-50% faster than conventional airliners. A New York to San Francisco flight can be 2 hours faster, and Los Angeles to New York can be less than 3.5 hours.”
View in the company profileHow does Boomless Cruise work?
“Boomless Cruise leverages Mach cutoff physics, where a sonic boom refracts upward due to temperature and wind gradients affecting the local speed of sound. By flying at sufficiently high altitude at appropriate speed for current atmospheric conditions, Overture ensures its sonic boom never reaches the ground.”
View in the company profileWhat design features do XB-1 and Overture incorporate to enable boomless operation?
“Unlike "low boom" designs, Boomless Cruise does not require extensive aircraft shaping. It relies on breaking the sound barrier at high altitude where the boom refracts away. Symphony engines enable efficient supersonic transition above 30,000 feet. An advanced autopilot uses weather conditions and software algorithms to automatically select optimal Boomless Cruise speed.”
View in the company profileDoes this mean Overture is a low boom aircraft?
“No, boomless and low boom are distinct concepts. In Boomless Cruise, Overture's sonic boom does not reach the ground. However, at full Mach 1.7 speed over water, Overture will generate a sonic boom.”
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