Can it achieve its certification schedule goal?
The article talks about trans-Pacific city pairs, but I have trouble believing it will have that kind of range.
Can it achieve its certification schedule goal?
The article talks about trans-Pacific city pairs, but I have trouble believing it will have that kind of range.
The article is good, but it understates the certification hurdles Boom must meet. In addition to airworthiness certifications for the engine and airframe, they must meet production certification by proving they can consistently produce everything. There will be training requirements for pilots, cabin crew, ground crew, and maintainers. They need some company to build the flight simulators needed to train the pilots.
The old saying is that when the paperwork weight equals the weight of the aircraft, the plane is ready to fly. Getting even a private plane with a proven engine through the certification process takes years.
The process for airliners is vastly more challenging.
Aviation history is filled with cases where combining a brand new engine with a new aircraft failed. Perhaps Boom will defy aviation history and succeed with developing their engine and plane. It won’t be entering service by December 31, 2029. If history is any guide, it’s going to be 2035 or later.