☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agoChina is designing a silent supersonic airplane to win the next era of commercial flightwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkChina is designing a silent supersonic airplane to win the next era of commercial flightwww.fastcompany.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days ago sonic booms quieter than a hairdryer More like about one specific noise. Jet aircraft are generally pretty loud even outside of sonic booms.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoHairdryers are quite loud too. It’s a stretch to describe even the sonic boom as “silent”.
minus-squaremaster5o1@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 days agoAren’t they fairly quiet to the passengers? (the sound being behind the plane)
More like about one specific noise. Jet aircraft are generally pretty loud even outside of sonic booms.
Hairdryers are quite loud too. It’s a stretch to describe even the sonic boom as “silent”.
Aren’t they fairly quiet to the passengers?
(the sound being behind the plane)