NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic ... jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test flight Tuesday in the ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier - Here’s what it means for air travel
American aerospace startup Boom Supersonic achieved a historic milestone by breaking the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator jet. The monumental test flight was broadcast live from California ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
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Boom’s Supersonic Jet Just Broke the Sound Barrier
Boom Supersonic hit a milestone yesterday ... the same location where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947. Yesterday’s flight was number 11 of the XB-1 human-piloted test ...
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Jet breaks sound barrier in bid to revive supersonic travel
U.S. startup Boom Supersonic sent its XB-1 jet through the sound barrier on Tuesday. It says the test flight over the Mojave Desert marked the first time any privately funded plane has hit the ...
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America's First-Ever Civilian Supersonic Jet Floors It, Breaks Sound Barrier Over Cali
The plane took off from the runway and headed up to the supersonic corridor located in the same area where Chuck Yeager broke for the first time through the sound barrier back in 1947. When it ...