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The SonicStar was a proposed high-
The founders put the project on hold by 2020, and went on their separate journeys. No further information regarding the aircraft has been published since 2019. Octuri provided some illustrations of the aircraft and the interiors, and ''La Depeche'' published an article in 2014.LaDepeche.fr
/ref> , the company's website no longer exists.
supersonic aircraft
A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound (Mach number, Mach 1). Supersonic speed, Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth century. Supersonic ...
business jet designed by SonicStar SAS led by Bernard Rousset and motorized by HyperMach.
CEO Richard H. Lugg & COO Bernard Rousset first presented the concept at the 2011 Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show (, ''Salon du Bourget'') is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France. Organized by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des industries frança ...
(Le Bourget
Le Bourget () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Air and Space Museum). A very ...
) and showed a 3m long model.
Bernard Rousset participated in the Global Aerospace Summit of 2018 in Abu Dhabi and presented the latest advancement of the project.
The SonicStar was expected to reach speeds of up to Mach
The Mach number (M or Ma), often only Mach, (; ) is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics representing the ratio of flow velocity past a Boundary (thermodynamic), boundary to the local speed of sound.
It is named after the Austrian physi ...
3.6 () and fly at an altitude of 80,000 feet (24,380 m). Its propulsion was projected to be 30 percent more fuel efficient than the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines which powered the Concorde
Concorde () is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France and the United Kingdom signed a treaty establishin ...
. Hypothetically, the SonicStar would fly three times faster than the speed of the Concorde. It was planned to be powered by two engineered 157,700 thrust SonicBlue HYSCRAM (Hypersonic Superconducting Combustion Ram Accelerated Magnetohydrodynamic Drive ) hybrid hypersonic 6500-X series engines. Sonic boom
A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to ...
was expected to be eliminated over land, through electromagnetic drag reduction technology that was claimed to be under development.
The proposed aircraft would carry 8 to 12 passengers in a high comfort VIP mode.
The founders put the project on hold by 2020, and went on their separate journeys. No further information regarding the aircraft has been published since 2019. Octuri provided some illustrations of the aircraft and the interiors, and ''La Depeche'' published an article in 2014./ref> , the company's website no longer exists.
See also
*Supercruise
Supercruise is sustained supersonic flight of a supersonic aircraft without using afterburner. Many supersonic military aircraft are not capable of supercruise and can maintain Mach 1+ flight only in short bursts with afterburners. Aircraft s ...
* Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport
* SpaceLiner
SpaceLiner is a concept for a Sub-orbital spaceflight, suborbital, hypersonic, winged passenger supersonic transport, conceived at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) in 2005. In its second role the S ...
* ''Orient Express'' X-30 follow-on
* Boeing Sonic Cruiser
The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a concept jet airliner with a delta wing– canard configuration. It was distinguished from conventional airliners by its delta wing and high- subsonic/transonic cruising speed of up to Mach 0.98. Boeing first prop ...
* Concorde
Concorde () is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France and the United Kingdom signed a treaty establishin ...
* Aerion SBJ
The Aerion SBJ was a supersonic business jet project designed by American firm Aerion Corporation.
Unveiled in 2004, the designer sought a joint venture with a business aircraft manufacturer for a $1.2–1.4 billion development in 7–8 years ...
* Boom Technology
Boom Technology, Inc. (trade name Boom Supersonic) is an American company developing the Overture, a supersonic airliner. It has also flight tested a one-third-scale demonstrator, the Boom XB-1 "Baby Boom", which broke the sound barrier for the ...
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