Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier over the continental US. Less than a month later, Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg has once again surpassed Mach 1 in the experimental plane while flying as high as 36,
The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...
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An American civil aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time in California's Mojave Desert Late last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB ...
Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week ...
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Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl discusses his company and 'Boomless Cruise' supersonic flightBoom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl, whose company is working to develop supersonic passenger aircraft, discuses how ...
Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.
And yet, knowing what I know about the climate, the promise of a return to supersonic flight is a little tarnished. We’re in ...
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