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Building A Supersonic Plane Company From The Ground Up

2025/2/14
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Blake Scholl: 我创立Boom Supersonic的初衷是恢复超音速客运，让全球旅行更加便捷。我深信，创始人应该追求自己能够想象到的最具雄心的目标，这样才能创造更多伟大的成就，并从中获得更大的幸福感。Concorde的失败并非技术问题，而是经济问题。因此，我致力于通过技术创新和商业模式的优化，降低超音速飞行的成本，使其能够像今天的商务舱一样普及。为了实现这个目标，我深入研究了航空航天领域的知识，并组建了一支充满激情和才华的团队。我们不断试错，快速迭代，力求以更少的资源在更短的时间内实现超音速飞行的梦想。我相信，只要我们坚持不懈，就一定能够克服挑战，让超音速飞行重返蓝天。 Blake Scholl: 我认为知识和技能是可以后天习得的，特别是当有强烈的内驱力时。更重要的是找到自己的激情所在，并为之奋斗。在组建团队时，我并没有局限于航空航天领域的专家，而是广泛寻找聪明、有抱负、勤奋和充满激情的人才。我相信，小型、高素质的团队能够创造出更大的价值。此外，我还强调创始人动机的重要性。只有对事业充满热情，才能在遇到困难时永不放弃。我相信世界需要超音速飞行，乘客也应该享受到更快捷的旅行体验。即使面临无数挑战，我也会为了这个目标竭尽全力。

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This chapter introduces Boom Supersonic's XB-1, the first independently developed supersonic plane, and its successor, Overture, a supersonic airliner aiming to carry passengers by 2029. It highlights Overture's features, including sustainable fuel and a solution to prevent sonic booms.
  • XB-1 is the first independently developed supersonic plane.
  • Overture will carry 65 passengers at Mach 1.7 using 100% sustainable fuel.
  • Overture aims to prevent sonic booms from reaching the ground.
  • Overture passenger flights are targeted to start by 2029.

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Imagine flying from NY to London in just a few hours. That’s the future that Blake Scholl and his team at Boom Supersonic are working towards.

Blake started as a software engineer and pivoted mid-career to aviation. Now, he’s at the forefront of trying to bring back supersonic travel for all of us.

In this episode of Hard Tech, YC’s Jared Friedman visited Blake in the Mojave desert to find out how someone who didn’t have a background in aerospace engineering was able to build the first-ever independently developed supersonic plane.