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Washington Being Considered By Start-up To Manufacture Supersonic Jet

(Boston, MA)  --  Three Washington cities are being considered by a startup aerospace company to locate a facility to manufacture a supersonic jet.  The "Spokesman-Review" reports Spike Aerospace of Boston, Massachusetts is designing the jet, which would carry 18 passengers and would cruise at Mach one-point-six, or about 12-hundred miles per hour.  A trip from New York to Los Angeles would be completed in just over three hours.  Spike's chief executive officer said at a recent aerospace conference in Lynnwood that Washington is one of the top contenders for the manufacturing plant, with Spokane, Moses Lake, and Everett being considered for location of the facility.

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