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RAW VIDEO: Revolutionary XB-1 Aircraft Achieves First Supersonic Flight
Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom ...
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Startup Used Formula 1’s Secret To Build Supersonic Jet Flies New York to London in 3.5 Hours
In a world where speed is often synonymous with progress, a small startup with just 140 employees has made a groundbreaking ...
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Extended interview: Sen. Tammy Duckworth shares insights on deadly D.C. plane crash
Sen. Tammy Duckworth talks to CBS News' Nikole Killion about the investigation into the midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight on Wednesday night. The Illinois ...
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Boom Goes Supersonic, Makes Civil Aviation History
Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...
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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...
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Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight
Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...