Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet has broken the sound barrier during a supersonic test flight. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft climbed over ...
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.
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Supersonic jet dubbed ‘Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier for first time with 844 mph flight
The Concorde was discontinued soon after a catastrophic ... the aircraft had not previously broken the sound barrier. BOOM The XB-1 is the prototype for Boom’s Overture plane, a supersonic ...
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‘New Concorde’ to break sound barrier today in big step back to supersonic commercial flights
Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this ... first supersonic passenger jet since the British-French Concorde, which was retired in 2003. "It will still be ...
We flew supersonic: when Concorde ruled the skies
The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.
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'Son of Concorde' supersonic jet breaks sound barrier... here's how long it'll take to travel from NYC to London
A supersonic jet nicknamed the 'Son of the Concorde' has officially traveled ... but saw XB-1 break the sound barrier two times during the flight. Aviation startup, Boom, said XB-1 is paving ...
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XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier ...
A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...