On the opening day at the Paris Air Show, HyperMach took the wraps off a 20-seat, Mach 3.6 business jet that would fly from Paris to New York in just under two hours. Key enabling technologies for the SonicStar include the SonicBlue S-MAGJET five-stage electric-turbine hybrid supersonic 4000-X series engine and a magnetic spike on the nose that can control sonic booms using plasma waves.
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AIN online editor Chad Trautvetter speaks with business aviation analyst Brian Foley on the eve of the 2010 NBAA Convention in Atlanta about the current state of the bizav market and the Monday announcements at the show.