Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...
Winston-Salem Journal5d
Boom Supersonic sets moment-of-truth date for breaking sound barrier
Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph ... Brandenburg said it’s very unlikely those at the site or viewers will hear a sonic boom. “XB-1’s first sonic boom at Mach 1.1 probably ...
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XB-1 Boom breaks sound barrier on test flight from Mojave Air & Space Port
Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.
Carro e Motos on MSN8d
NASA prepares a revolutionary flight with the X-59 aircraft to break the sound barrier without sonic booms
NASA is about to conduct the first flight of its X-59 aircraft, designed to redefine supersonic flight.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat8d
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the Southern California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier ...
Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
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First private-built supersonic plane smashes sound barrier
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...