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FIRST SUPERSONIC JET ON TRACK

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Reno, Nevada-based Aerion Corp. is on track to fly the world’s first supersonic business jet (SSBJ), the Aerion AS2, by 2023, with certificat­ion expected to follow by 2025, company senior vice president and chief commercial officer Ernie Edwards said at the Corporate Jet Investor Dubai conference.

“We think that, as the market leader, we will be first to market,” Edwards said of an increasing likelihood of a competitor entry coming to market. “The FAA realizes that supersonic flight is coming to our world.” The aircraft could fly at about Mach 1.5 over water at “super cruise,” while over land the aircraft could still achieve a speed of nearly Mach 1.2 without a sonic boom reaching the ground, he said.

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