The result was a ban on civilian supersonic flights everywhere in the world other than over open water. Mike Buonanno: It was just patently obvious that no one was gonna tolerate such a loud noise on a day-to-day basis. The outcome? Broken bricks and ceilings, frayed nerves and public outrage. The Federal Aviation Administration tested the impact of that big bang back in 1964, by flying military supersonic jets over Oklahoma City for six months. Mike Buonanno: Those individual disturbances created up by the airplane, they combine together to make a loud double bang. And I think the amount of money that is- is required to make this happen- makes this a very long shot.īill Whitaker: How much money will it take? Jon Ostrower: I think you cannot ignore the obstacles that will be on the path to getting there. But yet, he's convinced that he can do it. Jon Ostrower is editor-in-chief of The Air Current, a publication that tracks every development in commercial aviation, including Boom and Blake Scholl.īill Whitaker: He admits that it's- something like he is proposing has never been done by- a private company before. Jon Ostrower: This industry needs people dreaming big.
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And so we're gonna do the same thing with supersonic jets. And so the same way- you know, for example, electric cars when they first came out, they were pretty expensive. How is it going to be possible for you to have a similar flight experience for $100?īlake Scholl: You keep iterating. Bill Whitaker: The Concorde charged thousands- thousands of dollars for a one-way flight from New York to London.