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An upstart, Denver-based airplane maker is in negotiations with state officials to secure a place at Greensboro’s Piedmont Triad International Airport for a new manufacturing facility where it plans to produce supersonic passenger jets — an updated and improved version of the 1970s-era Concorde SST, five people in government and business confirmed for The News & Observer. Legislation appropriating $106.75 million for PTI has been approved by the General Assembly to prepare up to 1,000 acres at the airport for a manufacturing plant that is expected to bring at least a $500 million investment and create at least 1,750 jobs. If the deal is completed — which the N&O’s sources said was likely in the next 30 to 90 days — a 6-year-old company called Boom Supersonic, founded by a former Groupon director, will use the site to produce its new Overture jet. The 205-foot passenger plane can travel at more than 1,300 mph — faster than the speed of sound and twice the speed of today’s fastest airliners. The plane can carry 65 to 88 passengers and fly as far as 4,888 miles at a cruising altitude of 60,000 feet.
Im actually interested in this not for Greensboro but I also like to follow the airline industry and when United announced an order for this, no one took this aircraft manufacturer as ever really going to Happen.
Would it be as loud at takeoff as the Concorde or are they addressing the noise issue so we don't have loud test flights over our region all the time. I realize the actual sonic boom would be over the ocean, but Concorde was loud even below mach speed.
Im actually interested in this not for Greensboro but I also like to follow the airline industry and when United announced an order for this, no one took this aircraft manufacturer as ever really going to Happen.
That's my wonder. This has pipe dream written all over it.
Would it be as loud at takeoff as the Concorde or are they addressing the noise issue so we don't have loud test flights over our region all the time. I realize the actual sonic boom would be over the ocean, but Concorde was loud even below mach speed.
When I lived in Northern Va, every day at noon, I heard the Concorde coming in for a landing at Dulles Airport and you are correct, it was loud but I enjoyed watching it coming in.
This jet flies pretty high. 11 miles up in the stratosphere. With this jet factory along with Honda Aircraft Company and other aerospace companies, its safe to say that Greensboro is an aerotropolis.
But when Charlotte and Raleigh media report on economic news in the Triad, you know its huge. What I like about this is that it is a "jet of the future" its going to be the most advanced commercial jet in the United States and it will be manufactured in Greensboro. PTI has a bright future as an aerospace hub and this won't be the last major announcement for the airport.
You guys aren't the first to ask these questions about Boom, and the company has pretty compelling answers. These are smaller planes than the Concorde and the materials, engines, etc. take advantage of innovations that have taken place in the 50 years since the Concorde was designed. I heard a good interview with Boom CEO Blake Scholl on the Pivot podcast a few weeks back, before I knew there might be any connection between the company and our region. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas...=1000542086796
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