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The INSANE 1950s British Nuclear Bomber With No Tail - Vickers Swallow
The Vickers Swallow was decades ahead of its time—but it never left the drawing board. Designed in the 1950s as both a ...
The Aviationist on MSN5d
Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight
Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...
The Columbian4h
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
Aviation Week5d
Boom XB-1 Marks Supersonic Flight Milestone
MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...
Boom XB-1 Shatters The Sound Barrier, Reviving Civilian Supersonic Flight Hopes
Ever since the Concorde stopped flying, aviation buffs have dreamed of a civilian supersonic plane. Now there's been a ...
KALW5d
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 ...
Associated Press4d
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier ... damaging a tire that crashed into the underside of the wing, rupturing a fuel tank.
Houston Public Media6d
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde ... with "options for up to an additional 35 aircraft." Boom says it expects Overture to be ready for commercial ...
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Concorde’s Successor? New Supersonic Jet Brings Us Closer to 2-Hour Cross-Country
Imagine flying from New York to Los Angeles in just two hours—a dream that has lingered in the minds of travel enthusiasts ...
New York Post5d
Supersonic jet dubbed ‘Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier for first time with 844 mph flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the latest test flight indicated the aircraft hit 844 mph out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.