Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
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Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 202617 min
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Set to fly at Mach 1.7 with 130 orders from major airlines. The founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. Blake Shawl. Boeing hasn't built a new airplane in 20 years.

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I mean, it's David and Goliath, but Goliath is like asleep. We're here to bring back supersonic passenger travel and ultimately to make the planet dramatically more accessible. This whole airplane was built by essentially 50.

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By 50 people. The moment you become an expert, what you're steeped in is the past, and then you're completely useless.

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