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Commercial hypersonic flight may face competition from two emerging technologies: reusable rockets and single-stage-to-orbit spaceplanes.
United Airlines has signed a deal with Boom Supersonic to bring back supersonic commercial air travel. With new materials, advanced aerodynamics, and a focus on fuel efficiency, Boom’s Overture ...
Supersonic flight means breaking the sound barrier, but there are some myths as to what pilots actually feel at Mach 1. Here's the truth from experts.
MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier again Monday, after a successful flight last month. On Feb. 10, Boom Supersonic performed another supersonic flight with its “d… ...
Boom Supersonic will livestream its XB-1 prototype breaking through the sound barrier. The second series of supersonic flight tests are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday as part of Boom “scaling up ...
Concorde showed that supersonic flight was technically possible with 1960s technology. It was [in] 1969 that we landed on the moon and we flew Concorde for the first time." ...
The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York.
President Trump is boosting supersonic aviation in the US with an executive order directing the FAA to repeal a 1973 rule prohibiting overland supersonic flight, establish new noise standards and ...
MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — A unique photograph captured another side of the historic test flight that paves the way for a next-generation jet to be built in Greensboro. Boom Supersonic, which br… ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil.
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?