BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approves bill to legalize supersonic flight
The bill previously passed the House with unanimous support.
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Next steps remain unclear after committee vote
Full Senate approval, any House-Senate reconciliation, and a presidential signature are still required before the FAA must issue or revise regulations within one year. The timeline for actual noise standards or operational changes is not yet fixed.
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Bipartisan support speeds the process but leaves details open
Unanimous voice-vote passage in the House and the reported committee outcome suggest broad agreement on removing current barriers, yet the bill text itself does not specify exact noise thresholds or enforcement methods that the FAA will later define.
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Many users celebrated the bipartisan bill legalizing supersonic flight as a huge milestone and game changer for air travel, while some questioned lobbying efforts and worried about unrelated provisions slipping in.
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Special thank you for your leadership @SenTedBuddNC @SenMikeLee @SenThomTillis @TimSheehyMT @Hickenlooper @SenatorBennet on supersonic flight — good for the future of travel, for the future of America, and the future of Colorado and North Carolina
BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
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BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
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BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
Supersonic flight is coming back.
BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
Amazing news.
BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
@BoredElonMusk Maybe we should double the Boom Prize for any winner who also does this.
@bscholl In 1971, the Senate killed funding for America’s National Supersonic Transport Program. Unanimous support now is one hell of a course correction.
@bscholl LFG!!! Congrats, Blake!!!
BREAKING: The bipartisan act to legalize supersonic flight just passed Senate Commerce Committee *unanimously*. It was previously passed by the House, also *unanimously*. Supersonic flight isn't red or blue—it's red, white, and blue! 🇺🇸
@bscholl In 1971, the Senate killed funding for America’s National Supersonic Transport Program. Unanimous support now is one hell of a course correction.
@bscholl This is all about SpaceX Starship being allowed intercontinental point to point missions. It is a national security imperative.
Yay!! 😁 Congrats, Blake! 🥂 Well deserved milestone, achieved… 🪅 Flawlessly!
@BoredElonMusk @bscholl Can we make the jet emit red, white, and blue vape smoke instead? Can we make it Mtn Dew: Whatever this flavor is? If you need actual smoke, you know what else you can add.
@bscholl So we finally get a plane that can outrun political arguments, not just the debate. 🚀
@bscholl This is huge!
@bscholl Now I wish I got an engineering degree from Purdue not marketing. Sad!
@bscholl Request to have all planes release small plume of red white and blue smoke every time they enter super sonic speed.
@bscholl @boomsupersonic That amazing news! Can’t wait to see your birds in the air!
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@bscholl @boomsupersonic Yup, even Concorde was Red white and blue 🇬🇧🇫🇷