Busemann's Quiet Supersonic Biplane

[von Pilsner]

http://images.gizmag.com/hero/sonic-biplane.png

A throwback to early 20th Century aviation may hold the key to eliminating the sonic boom - at least according to researchers at MIT and Stanford University. Strongly reminiscent of biplanes still in use today, the researcher's concept supersonic aircraft introduces a second wing which it is claimed cancels the shockwaves generated by objects near or beyond the sound barrier.

In fact the idea is not a new one. The idea of a biplane to negate the sonic boom was proposed in the 1930s by aviation pioneer Adolf Busemann, also responsible for the idea of swept-wing aircraft.

Kind of neat, here is the rest of the article: http://www.gizmag.com/boomless-biplane/21871/

[TomcatViP]

There is a lot of those kind of stupid projects with nice CGI graphics.

Seems some are trying to hook up the foolish investor by this way. I still don't know wht to think abt it. Does it tell us something abt what engineering has become in the early 21st century ? Or is it our economy tht is led by childish and imature choice ?

Interstingly, the mid 30's where full of this kind of "revolutionary" projects wich were debated for some even on top of the minister.

Have a look there to see more on the same trend:
http://www.mechanicaldesignforum.com/showthread.php?1024-Hypersonic-jet-Paris-to-Tokyo-in-2-and-a-half-hours

by the way instead of MiSoRa they shld hve call it MiToRA