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Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight ...
Will passengers ever break the sound barrier again? - Exclusive: Zoom may make life difficult for Boom, the most serious ...
Supersonic commercial travel became a reality after Concorde began flights with British Airways and Air France in January ...
I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...
My journey to meet Blake Scholl, the founder of Boom Supersonic, earlier this month took 24 hours. I got up at 7am in London ...
A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic ...
The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...
President Donald Trump has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to end the 52-year ban on supersonic flights in the United States, which will clear the way for commercial passenger aircraft to ...
“It’s a super exciting year for us,” Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom told CNN. Much of that excitement comes from the company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft breaking the sound barrier ...
The first aircraft to officially go supersonic was the Bell X-1, piloted by famed aviator Charles "Chuck" Yeager. He accomplished this feat on October 14, 1947, at an altitude of 45,000 feet.
Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?
“It’s a super exciting year for us,” Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom told CNN. Much of that excitement comes from the company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft breaking the sound barrier ...