DLD 403: White tails, new deals, and new lines
Catching up on some reader mail, and also on big changes coming in airports served, meals on board, and vaguely boring partnerships.
Boom Supersonic
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DLD 402: Three planes you’ll probably never fly. Or maybe four.
Can Russia produce more than 300 commercial aircraft by the end of the decade to backfill the Boeing and Airbus frames that will be inoperable...
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DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
So much news from American we might have to rebrand the show. But lots of other goodies, too.
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American Airlines buy in to Boom, despite significant uncertainties
American Airlines is the second US carrier to sign with Boom Supersonic. The airline plans for 20 Overture deliveries, plus another 40 options.
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DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up
Despite being one of the slowest major air shows for new order announcements in years, Farnborough 2022 offered plenty of news.
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Boom Overture adds engines in design revamp
Boom Supersonic announced the final design selection for its planned Overture supersonic jet. Now sporting four engines mounted on gull wings, as well as a...
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Boom building at Greensboro, new environmental concerns revealed
Boom Supersonic announced plans for a "Superfactory in North Carolina to build its flagship Overture aircraft. Against the backdrop of this progress, however, come new...
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DLD 371: Snowed in
With a blizzard bearing down we're reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.
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DLD 368: Not so far flung
We shouldn't be here right now. We should all be there. But we aren't. And we don't even really know where "there" is. A most...
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Boom fires up the engines on XB-1 supersonic demonstrator
The Boom Supersonic XB-1 engines are installed and running. The company released an update on the flight test program progress, including details on the installation...