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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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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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became ... 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 ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
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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 ...
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Boom Supersonic's jet breaks sound barrier in test flight
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft has broken the sound barrier in a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert in the southwestern US. The XB-1 demonstrator completed its first supersonic flight on ...
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First private-built supersonic plane smashes sound barrier
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 at the controls, it reached a ...
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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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Supersonic travel is making a comeback as newly developed aircraft breaks the sound barrier
You might not be familiar with Boom Supersonic, but the startup has just set a notable world first: its XB-1 demonstrator became the first privately developed aircraft to break the sound barrier ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test ...
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Boom’s Supersonic Jet Just Broke the Sound Barrier
The last civil supersonic jet was the Concorde, which flew from 1969 through 2003. Test pilot Tristan Brandenburg before flying the XB-1. Boom Aerospace “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates ...