President Trump signed an executive order to lift a 52-year ban on supersonic flight over the U.S., aiming to allow air travel from New York to LA in under four hours. The FAA is tasked with creating noise-based certification standards, paving the way for commercial supersonic flights and supporting companies like Boom Supersonic that are developing such technologies. This executive action follows recent bipartisan legislative efforts to achieve similar goals and highlights a growing interest in advancing air travel technologies, including drones and electric vertical takeoff vehicles.
The sound barrier was never physical - it was regulatory. With supersonic legalized, the return of supersonic passenger air travel is just a matter of time.
The reality is that Americans should be able to fly from New York to LA in under four hours.
The order instructs the FAA to end the overland supersonic ban and create noise-based certification standards.
This major policy shift occurred just weeks after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation with the same aim.
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