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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 ... as the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor (named after the first plane to ...
The National Interest24d
The Bell X-1 Jet Had Exactly One Defining Feature
And the plane that would ultimately achieve that goal would be the experimental Bell ... X-1 from a B-29, and became the first person to ever break the sound barrier; he hit a top speed of Mach ...
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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert
Boom officials explained that the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” will break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor ... successful test into the T-38 aircraft ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-1
On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft ... to create a manned aircraft capable of exceeding Mach 1, obtaining supersonic speeds while also ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
A demonstrator aircraft, known as the XB-1, surged past Mach 1.1 (850 mph ... is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde chief pilot Mike Bannister, who looked ...