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Meet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake Scholl

In 1969, Concorde promised a jet-set future—New York to London in three hours. By 2003, it was a museum piece, grounded by noise and $20,000 fares. Enter Blake Scholl, ex-Amazon coder who sold his coupon startup to Groupon, now resurrecting supersonic flight—a dream the world abandoned decades ago. As founder of Boom Supersonic, he’s defied physics, regulators and a half-century of inertia, with his test jet XB-1 breaking the sound barrier six times across two flights. In this episode, Blake spills why he’s betting on speed in a world obsessed with cheap, how he’s turning sonic booms into silent U-turns, and what it takes to make a six-hour flight three. (00:00:00) Trailer (00:00:52) Introduction (00:01:30) Blake on Boom's beginnings (00:02:15) Breaking the sound barrier (00:06:19) Concorde’s legacy (00:11:11) Navigating regulations (00:14:07) Boomless supersonic flight (00:19:33) The test flight (00:23:33) Day of nervousness (00:28:38) Carrying passengers (00:31:38) Cost & Wi-Fi (00:35:28) “No middle seats” (00:38:09) Hard tech (00:43:11) What if Apple made a plane? (00:45:57) Blake’s career journey (00:50:58) The risk of failure (00:57:37) Finding the courage (01:01:49) Balancing life with Boom (01:06:26) Learning how to build a jet (01:10:39) The power of LinkedIn (01:13:16) Y Combinator Demo Day (01:20:29) Richard Branson (01:24:40) Dividing yourself (01:27:58) Being a focused dad (01:35:09) Exuberance vs. fear (01:40:02) Hiring slowly (01:43:34) What “grit” means to Blake (01:44:36) Outro