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Cool Stuff Daily

Wed. 08/17 - Elektronik Supersonik

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

American Airlines has signed up for a supersonic boost. Plus, how to find the sweetest watermelon, and a brief history of the fruit. And Papa Johns is throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks… and coincidentally that seems to be the same strategy they used for their newest menu item, just throwing everything in it at once. Sponsor: Kolide, Got Slack? Got Macs? Get Kolide: Device security that fixes challenging problems by messaging your users on Slack. Try Kolide Today! https://l.kolide.co/3aVdR90 Links: American becomes third airline to place order for Boom Supersonic jets (The Guardian) American Airlines orders 20 Boom Supersonic passenger jets (Space.com) American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic (The Verge) American Airlines places order for 20 experimental supersonic jets (The Dallas Morning News) American Airlines agrees to buy 20 supersonic planes from Boom (CNBC) This is what’s keeping electric planes from taking off (MIT Technology Review) Here’s What the Watermelon Was Up to Before It Tasted Good (Atlas Obscura) How To Pick a Watermelon With the Best Taste (Well+Good) Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon by Cindy Ott See Papa Johns new pizza bowls: Just toppings, no crust (CNN) Explanation for today's episode title (YouTube) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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it's wednesday august 17th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. American Airlines has signed up for a

0:44.5

supersonic boost, plus how to find the sweetest watermelon and a brief history of the fruit.

0:52.3

And Papa Johns is throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.

0:57.0

And coincidentally, that seems to be the same strategy they used for their newest menu item.

1:01.7

Just throw in everything in it at once.

1:04.4

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:09.6

A not yet well-known, Denver-based aerospace manufacturer just made one of their biggest deals yet.

1:18.0

Boom Supersonic has signed a deal with American Airlines, the world's largest airline, to buy at least

1:25.0

20 of Boone's supersonic overture passenger jets.

1:29.7

If all goes well, we could be looking at commercial flight times cut in half by the end of the decade.

1:36.1

For some people, anyways.

1:38.5

According to The Verge, Boom has said that tickets on their supersonic jets could initially cost as much as $5,000 per seat,

1:46.7

but American has yet to say anything about potential pricing. And Boom founder and chief

1:51.5

executive Blake Scholl told the Guardian that his ultimate goal is for people to get anywhere in

1:57.2

the world in five hours for a hundred bucks. Lofty goals. Booms Overture Aircraft

2:04.1

will not be the first supersonic commercial aircraft that honor goes to the famous Concord,

2:09.8

which shuttled the elite around the world at Mach 2 speeds from 1969 to 2003. That's twice

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