Aerion

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Aerion Corporation is an American aerospace firm founded by Robert Bass and based in Reno, Nevada. Aerion is working on the Aerion SBJ, a concept for a supersonic business jet, which advertises a boomless design. [1] The firm is headed by several veterans of the aerospace and financial industries. The firm's name is a play on Aerion, a horse borne to Demeter and Poseidon.

Execujet of Switzerland is the firm's sales agent worldwide, with the exception of North America. [2] The firm claims 20 orders for their new aircraft at a price of $80,000,000. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Breaking the sound barrier—again, The Economist, 12/8/05
  2. ^ Supersonic Success, Avweb.com, 1/3/08
  3. ^ Winging it, The Economist, 1/3/08

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