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More than 20 years after the last commercial Concorde flight, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land across the country.

Trump ended a 52-year ban on overland supersonic flight via executive order. Boom Supersonic plans to begin jet production at its NC superfactory in 2026. The FAA must draft new supersonic noise ...

Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X, noting that in January, his company’s XB-1 aircraft became the first privately developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier.

"Legalizing supersonic flight makes a renaissance in supersonic passenger travel inevitable," Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, said.

The aircraft would typically accelerate from around 300kt after take-off to M0.95, then transition to the supersonic regime at an altitude of 11,000m (36,000ft), reaching M1.2.

Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X, noting that in January, his company’s XB-1 aircraft became the first privately developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier.

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