Blake Scholl 🛫
@bscholl • 145,879 subscribers
Founder/CEO @boomsupersonic. Life is short so if you want to do a lot, it helps to move fast.
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When you nail thrust to weight ratio, you can get off the pad properly.
Blake Scholl 🛫437,426 Aufrufe • vor 12 Tagen
Today marks a big milestone toward the rebirth of supersonic passenger flight. For the first time in decades, a civil supersonic airplane has taken to the skies. The XB-1 met all of its first flight objectives—and we’re only going further, higher, and faster from here.
Blake Scholl 🛫633,524 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
XB-1 Flight Two was a massive success: gear extended/retracted airborne for the first time, stability issues from Flight One confirmed resolved. No major issues uncovered. Geppetto did a great job at the controls—and we're accelerating Flight Three—likely in a month or so.
Blake Scholl 🛫182,306 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
It would be so much fun if someone made a small personal supersonic jet.
Blake Scholl 🛫48,218 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
XB-1 Flight Four ✅ Very successful flight this morning. Airplane performed great, with a new top speed of Mach 0.6 and 2.5G maneuvers. Only lowlight: FES didn’t cooperate for M0.6 test point. So we’re pulling it out and shipping to vendor. Maybe back in the air in 3-4 weeks.
Blake Scholl 🛫130,753 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
The “boring” part of making engines with supersonic power: cutting holes in cast nickel alloy parts…
Blake Scholl 🛫46,009 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
