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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier — becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US history
By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...
Watch ‘son of Concorde’ prototype break sound barrier for first time
Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ...
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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.
Independently Developed Supersonic Jet Breaks Sound Barrier Over Mojave Desert
Colorado-based Boom Supersonic plans to build the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while ...
London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...
4 Unique Concorde Liveries & The Stories Behind Them
However, this does not mean that the two European flag carriers' liveries during Concorde's operational career were the only ...
Hong Kong aviation milestones, from Concorde, Dragonair vs Cathay to the first ever night flight
Revisit key moments in Hong Kong's evolution to becoming Asia's major global aviation hub, from Concorde's 1976 debut and ...