Boom Supersonic sans Sonic boom

Boom boasts supersonic success with XB-1
More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, is a small US start-up now on course to bring back supersonic air travel? TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and JOE COLES debrief Boom’s XB-1 test pilot and consider the next steps in civil supersonics.
Boom Completes XB-1 Flight Test Campaign
Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator flew for the 13 th and final time at Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Feb. 10, marking the completion of an 11-month test program which culminated in a top speed of Mach 1.18 (671 KTAS) and a maximum altitude of 36,514 ft. For its last mission, the aircraft...
Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
While Boom Supersonic engineers used similar methods during XB-1’s last flight on January 28th, Monday’s test also included capturing what are known as Schlieren images. These visualizations ...
Supersonic XB-1 Jet Completes Final Test Flight, Paving the Way for the Overture
The XB-1 supersonic jet from Boom Supersonic completed its 13th and final test flight on February 10, 2025, breaking the sound barrier for the last time.
Boom Supersonic sans the sonic boom: The XB-1's quiet Mach 1 flight
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.
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Supersonic Overture beckons as Boom concludes XB-1 flight-test programme
Boom had originally intended Overture to fly at M0.94 to remain within limits, accelerating to M1.7 only over water. But the XB-1’s first supersonic test flight – conducted on 28 January ...
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Boom supersonic jet breaks sound barrier in historic test flight
On Tuesday, U.S. aerospace startup Boom made history by breaking the sound barrier with its XB-1 jet during a test flight over California ... collision with Army helicopter is worst U.S. air ...
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Boom without the boom: Validation of quiet supersonic flight opens new uses for Greensboro-built planes
expand Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test plane during one of its three flight blocks above Mach 1 during its 12th test flight above the Mojave desert Tuesday morning. Screenshot from Boom ...
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'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in late January. The small jet ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...
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FAA pilots carry out familiarisation flight on newest AW609 tiltrotor
Leonardo Helicopters continues to progress the certification of its AW609 tiltrotor, with pilots from the US Federal Aviation ...
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Boom Supersonic has second supersonic flight Monday, announces ‘Boomless Cruise’
On Feb. 10, Boom Supersonic performed another supersonic flight with its “demonstrator aircraft,” the XB-1. On Jan. 28, they performed a successful supersonic test flight, but it was ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaks sound barrier 3 times during final test flight
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 took its last test flight on Monday. The aircraft started its flight around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. It was the 13th and final flight for the aircraft.