I am only $79.99 Million Short
I'm not really into the culture, so prevalent here in Scottsdale, of purchasing expensive cars and boats for use as ego-prosthetics (I drive a Volvo, for god sakes, a chick-anti-magnet if there ever was one). But I have to admit this is cool, a new supersonic business jet. The real breakthrough seems to be their ability to substantially reduce the sonic boom, which got the Concorde banned from over-land flights, to a legal and manageable level. They claim sound levels 99% lower than the Concorde at ground level, though this is theoretical and has not been tested.
They don't mention fuel economy -- the Concorde drank fuel.
Oh, and the price - expected to be $80 million for a twelve seat aircraft. For those of you who don't routinely shop for private aircraft, this price is steep even in that rarefied market. You can get a Boeing 737 outfitted very nicely as a private plane for half that. But this new plane will get you to your house in Gstaad twice as fast.
