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AERION SUPERSONIC

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AERION SUPERSONIC:  THE FIRST AIRCRAFT IN HISTORY TO FLY SUPERSONIC WITHOUT A BOOM REACHING THE GROUND ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATORS, RISK TAKERS, AND PIONEERS The mindset of a startup with decades of research and experience underneath us. Aerion Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Reno, Nevada. It was founded by Robert Bass of Fort Worth.  From 2004 until 2021, the company had been developing a 10-passengercsupersonic jet to cut transatlantic flights by three hours using "boomless cruise" technology to negate the sonic boom. It was expected to be the first supersonic aircraft without an afterburner to lower emissions, and the first to run on biofuels. SPEED Mach 1.4 Supersonic cruising speed 4,200NM Supersonic range 0.95 Mach Subsonic cruising speed 5,400NM Subsonic range LUXURY A PERFECT INTEGRATION OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP Sustainable Luxury Design Aerion Proprietary Seating WhisperQuiet™ Cabin and Purity™ Climate Cont...

Adam Aircraft Industries

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  Industry           Aerospace Founded           1998 Defunct                     2009 Headquarters           Arapahoe County, Colorado Key people                     George F. Adam, Jr.                                                                       John C. Knudsen Products           Aircraft Total Produced Aircraft           9 Adam Aircraft Industries (AAI) was an aircraft manufacturer founded by George F. Adam Jr and John C. Knudsen in 1998. The company wa...

Acro Sport

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  Acro Sport Type Aerospace Manufacturer Industry           Aviation Founded           14 June 1977 Defunct           5 November 2014 Headquarters Wisconsin, USA Products           Aerobatics Aircraft Acro Sport Inc is an aircraft manufacturer based in Hales Corners, Wisconsin that markets plans for homebuilt aircraft. The company sold plans for the Acro Sport I and Acro Sport II aerobatic biplanes, but also owned the rights to a number of other designs, including the Nesmith Cougar, Pober Pixie, Pober Junior Ace, and Pober Super Ace . All except the Cougar are designs of Paul Poberezny. The company is not affiliated with either Poberezny or the Experimental Aircraft Association. The Acrosport is a plans built aircraft to provide an aerobatic platform while maintaining  the polite manners necessary for cross country flying and sa...

McDonnell Douglas

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  Industry           Aerospace Predecessor           Douglas Aircraft Company Founded           April 28, 1967 Defunct           August 1, 1997 (merger date) Fate           Merged with Boeing Successor B oeing Headquarters           Berkeley, Missouri, US Products           Aircraft, missiles, rockets, space components McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced a number of well-known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC-10 airliner, the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, and F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter. Background...