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Boom Supersonic aims to fly 'anywhere in the world in four hours for $100'
“Either we fail or we change the world," says Overture founder and CEO Blake Scholl. Good luck to you, sir! (www.cnn.com) Más...astonishing to me BLake scholl's halucinations made it to print. Any slight economic analysis ought to shoot this craziness down, or at least prevent any take off. There are nowhere near enough wealthy folks that curious about "anywhere in the world" , so load factors would not save this company, expecially at $100. Make the price $1,000 and at least you have done something sane for the accountants to add up. This does not pass either the smell or sanity test. Is it April first already???
You should see him talk on LinkedIn. Blarg blarg blarg, and the aircraft hasn't even proved it will fly yet....
I enjoyed the part about melting engines.
OK, I think I have a prospect for my ocean front property in Arizona!
Look at the long sordid history of aviation and automotive startups. The founders get investors to put up bags of cash and they live a lavish lifestyle until the technology fails to materialize and/or the cash runs out. The "genius" walks away with a fat bank account and a nice house or three and the investors are broke. Happens over and over again and I've yet to see anything to make me think it won't happen in this case, too.
And before you attack me for being a hater and "not believing", I don't "believe". I trust facts and reality. You may hope this venture succeeds and yes, it would be cool if it does, but hope isn't enough to make this work. It takes tons of money, solid engineering, and sound business knowledge. Hope alone won't put a single aircraft in the air. Neither will ridiculous hype about $100 fares.