Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl discusses breaking the sound barrier with XB-1, eliminating sonic booms through atmospheric refraction, and legalizing supersonic flight over land. He also reveals Boom's vertically integrated engine manufacturing and its unexpected pivot into powering AI data centers with 42-megawatt ground turbine generators.
- Concorde's political fallout produced a blanket federal ban on civil supersonic overland flight in 1973 that halted American aviation progress for 50 years. Read →
- Boom Supersonic converted its Mach 1.7 jet engine core into a 42-megawatt ground turbine generator by removing the front fan and attaching a generator to the back. Read →
- Boom targets a $3,500 breakeven round-trip ticket across the Atlantic, cutting flight time to three hours at Mach 1.7. Read →
- Boom Supersonic uses atmospheric refraction to bend shockwaves upward into the sky instead of redesigning the airframe into complex acoustic dampeners. Read →
- Boom severed its partnership with Rolls-Royce after realizing legacy aerospace conglomerates cannot match the speed and custom specs required for supersonic flight. Read →