Boom - The New Guide To Supersonic Travel Is Work In Progress

by Benson Agoha | Technology

It's often said that time is the ultimate healer of pain. With the passage of time, we learn to cope, forget and move on.

But most importantly, to return to find solution to the cause of that pain. It is the reason why, humanity never actually ever move away from calamity, instead they to manage adversity.

Recently, I revisited the Concorde, faced out from service after a tragic crash that killed all the passengers on board at the time, many of them German tourists.

So perhaps it just as fitting to introduce Boom, the prototype for a new supersonic passenger aeroplane, which according Richard Oldham, that will be able to fly New York to London in 3.5 hours, slightly quicker than Concorde used to. But well, we understand that's not really the clever bit.

"The smart thing about Boom is that it uses existing technologies to keep costs low, and the business model is based on flights being about the same price as Business Class is today." Oldham writes.

This may not seem very remarkable, considering that another idea is in development by Airbus, hoping to make the journey in about one third of the time it took the Concorde to make the journey.

Apparently Boom is already in development and test flights are planned for late 2017. 

But who is behind its development? We hope to find out. Stay with us for more updates with the passage of time.