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New York to Paris in Under Four Hours? Inside the Effort to Build the Next Concorde
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl wants to bring back flights that break the sound barrier. Now he just needs to figure out ...
USA Today4mon
Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...
CBS News3mon
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight over Mojave Desert
A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...
Executive order signed to lift ban on overland supersonic flight, opening door for future Greensboro-made jet
A company with ambitious goals centered on the Triad is celebrating the issuance of a presidential executive order. On Friday ...
Space.com4mon
Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
Here’s how it works. Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg ...
FLYING Magazine6h
Trump Orders End to Ban on Overland Supersonic Flight
President Donald Trump on Friday instructed the FAA to repeal its ban on overland supersonic flight, which has been in place ...
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Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight in U.S.
A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...
Los Angeles Times4mon
Boom Technology’s supersonic test jet breaks sound barrier for first time
A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect high-speed passenger flights two decades after the Concorde’s demise.
New York Post4mon
Supersonic jet dubbed ‘Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier for first time with 844 mph flight
It took off with a bang. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world’s faster airliner capable of ...
America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem
Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating ...
Engadget4mon
Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks the sound barrier for the first time
Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time. The XB-1 “Baby Boom ...
The Washington Post4mon
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert
A civilian jet broke the sound barrier three times during a test flight in California’s Mojave Desert on Tuesday, the first time a privately developed and built aircraft has accomplished such a ...