This is the real deal-breaker companies are working on to bring back supersonic jets like Concorde

Aviation startups and companies that specialize in supersonic aircraft want to bring back Concorde in the near future.

We’re not just talking about Concorde ‘killers’ or ‘rivals’, but actual modern-day interpretations of the most iconic supersonic plane in history.

These companies are currently working on new engines, sustainable fuel and 21st century safety systems.

But there’s an extra problem that everyone is facing.

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Like Concorde, but with a modern twist

Several aviation firms would love to go down in history as ‘the company that brought back Concorde’.

The idea is to create a new supersonic aircraft for the 2020s; with new engines, cleaner fuel and, of course, safety features in line with today’s aviation standards.

The goal is to reignite the era of supersonic travel, and give people the opportunity to fly from New York to London in under three hours.

It probably won’t be cheap, but then again Concorde never was.

There’s only one ‘minor’ problem.

This is a problem for everyone, and no one has fixed it yet

There’s a fruit salad of reasons why Concorde died, and an even longer list to explain why we still don’t have a replacement today.

Cost and safety play a part, but sonic boom is the real deal-breaker here.

Flying supersonic produces a supersonic boom that’s a nightmare for people on the ground, which is one of they key reasons why Concorde was retired.

Chiefly because some countries simply banned supersonic jets altogether.

This is a problem that everyone’s working on, but no has fixed yet.

Some companies are nearly there, though.

Boom Supersonic may have found a solution, and even NASA is saying that its upcoming X-59 jet will have a sonic boom that should be no louder than the noise produced by a phonebook dropped on a table.

And that’s good because this seems to be the true bottleneck.

Everything else is a cost-related hurdle, whereas this seems to be a technical limit more than anything else.

If they can fix it, we’ll have a new Concorde soon.