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Supersonic Overture beckons as Boom concludes XB-1 flight-test programme
US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic is expecting to reach design freeze on the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft in about ...
Boom Supersonic says XB-1 aircraft flew over Mach 1 with no audible sonic boom on the ground below
Boom Supersonic says its XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom on the ground below. CEO Blake Scholl hopes supersonic passenger flight will eventually be allowed in ...
Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?
This 34-minute flight, the culmination of 11 previous subsonic ones, took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
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How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaks sound barrier 3 times during final test flight
In January, the aircraft successfully broke the sound barrier for the first time, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 1 at an ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Boom plans to build an airliner called Overture that can fly at Mach 1.7. Flying supersonically ... a Franco-British supersonic airliner operated by British Airways and Air France from 1976 ...