Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier during test flight
The Boom Supersonic aircraft exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its highly ...
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Boom's XB-1 jet nails supersonic flight for first time
US civil sector boldly goes where Concorde has gone before The US civilian aviation sector has achieved what Concorde managed ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California. The company’s XB-1 ...
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Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight
XB-1’s flight path through the supersonic corridor over Mojave. (Image credit: Boom Supersonic) Two decades after Concorde’s retirement, the first supersonic flight of XB-1 marks the return of ...
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Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
The fastest of those previous flights was Mach .95, earlier this month. Boom Technology, the U.S. company that developed XB-1, is building a bigger aircraft, Overture, a 64- to 80-seat affair ...
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Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...
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Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time
On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1. On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier ...
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Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live
Read our coverage here. Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time the company achieves the feat, and you can ...
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How to watch the first supersonic flight of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft
Boom Supersonic is just hours away from performing the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 test plane. A successful test will take it a big step toward its goal of launching supersonic passenger ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
The capability that is brought to the game of flight test has been pretty incredible, actually — very surprised by the capability," Boom Supersonic Chief Flight Test Engineer Nick Sheryka said ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
The size of the experimental airspace for today's flight limited how long the jet was able to fly above Mach 1. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic during a test flight on Jan. 28 ...