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Scholl: XB-1 Broke Sound Barrier Six Times With No Ground Boom
“XB one broke the sound barrier on two flights, six times through the sound barrier. Each time, no audible sonic boom in the ground.”
Scholl: US legalized supersonic flight 115 days after XB-1 broke sound barrier
“And so it was about 24 hours from breaking the sound barrier to be invited to the West Wing, and a 115 days from breaking the sound barrier to an executive order making supersonic flight legal again in the U.S.”
Scholl: Douglas Aircraft in 1921 was the last startup to build airliners
“The last company entrepreneur founded that went on to build a commercial airliner was Douglas Aircraft in 1921.”
Scholl: The FAA approved Boom's XB-1 flight permit in just 90 minutes
“The approvals process for XB-One, that even for an R&D airplane can stretch on for months, actually happened in 90 minutes. From when we said we think we're ready to fly, and FAA said, here's the paperwork, we agree, go. We got the first ever permit for flying…”
Scholl: Lockheed Takes Over Two Years to Build a Patriot Interceptor
“It now takes Lockheed more than two years to build a new Patriot missile interceptor.”
Scholl: US never progressed past supersonic airliner mock-ups before Boom
“Prior to boom, the closest the America ever got to a supersonic airliner was a mock-up.”
Scholl: Boom's XB-1 is the first independently developed supersonic jet
“Last year, XB-One became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, more than a decade after founding the company.”
Scholl: Supersonic flight legalization passed the US House unanimously
“After the executive order, a bill dropped in the House and the Senate to make the supersonic legalization permanent. It passed the House Unanimously. And just last week, it got out of the Senate Commerce Committee again with a unanimous vote.”
Scholl: Boom's XB-1 is the first plane landed solely using augmented reality
“The first human piloted airplane landed solely on augmented reality with no natural view of the runway.”
Scholl: Boom conducted the first supersonic Starlink livestream
“This was the first supersonic installation of Starlink, the first supersonic air-to-air livestream”
Scholl: Amazon's board and internal staff laughed at Jeff Bezos over AWS
“He was laughed at internally and laughed at by his board when he launched Amazon Web Services. He was laughed at by the world for e-commerce.”