Business group proposes 300 mile supersonic flight test corridor

By Ben Sampson17th October 20191 Min Read

Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake in Washington State could be used for supersonic flight testing

A group of businesses and organisations have formed an alliance to lobby for the creation of an overland flight corridor for the testing of supersonic aircraft in Washington State, USA.

The Supersonic Flight Alliance wants to designate a 300-mile corridor of airspace over eastern Washington so commercial supersonic aircraft can be flight tested and certified overland.

The Alliance has been formed by Washington-based aerospace testing company AeroTEC, the Port of Moses Lake airport and industrial center and the business groups Choose Washington and the Aerospace Futures Alliance.

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Ben Sampson

Ben has worked as a journalist and editor, covering technology, engineering and industry for the last 20 years. Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies, he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017.