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Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner are bound to have big regrets for not considering a new supersonic jet that can fly from London to New York in under four hours.

That’s opposed to the usual five-and-a-half-hour flight between the two major cities.

We know how those girls like to whiz from place to place in no time at all, which, if they had been a little more patient, they could have done without a disregard for the planet’s health.

Besides planemaker Boom using supersonic air travel to mess with the concept of time, it’s also been dabbling in carbon-neutral operations with the latest iteration of its Overture supersonic aircraft:

Turning back the clock to the 1960s, the Overture looks astonishingly similar to the Concorde, noted Robb Report, with delta wings, four underslung engines, and a long, slim fuselage making the comparison hard to avoid.

Image: Museum of Flight

That’s, however, where the similarities end:

…Given the six decades of technological innovation since French and British designers penned the world’s first supersonic airliner, Boom has been able to bring in some improvements.

Image: Courtesy Boom Supersonic

Its composite Overture has a conventional tail, its wing has a sinuous twist and the medium-bypass turbofan engines do away with the need for afterburners—which were responsible for a substantial part of the noise levels that helped kill off Concorde.

The lack of afterburners also helps with fuel consumption, with Boom giving a nod to sustainability by vowing that its engines will run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Let it be known that using SAF will not compromise on speed.

The Overture will have a Mach 1,7 cruise speed over water, a cruising altitude of 18 kilometres, a non-stop range of 4 250 nautical miles, and a capacity of up to 80 passengers.

Boom has also partnered with Northrop Grumman to market a variant to military forces and governments for fast transport and logistics, especially handy for those red-emergency times.

The planemakers have already placed 70 orders, with options from carriers like United and Japan Airlines.

That’s also a one-up to the Concorde, which only ever had 26 built and just 14 that entered service.

Boom, it’s the future.

[source:robbreport]