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 ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...
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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...
Boom! This Startup Just Broke the Sound Barrier as it Pushes to Revive Civilian Supersonic Flight
The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...
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The first supersonic flight of the Boom XB-1, an aircraft that could revolutionize civil aviation
The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...
Boom! US jet breaks sound barrier in bid to revive supersonic travel
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...
Air Force pulls class with Tuskegee Airmen video after DEI order
The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs ...
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Open Source: NC-bound startup is about to fly supersonic. We asked pilots what it’s like.
The supersonic commercial jet company with ambitious plans in North Carolina is set to break the sound barrier within a week.
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Open Source: NC-bound startup is about to fly supersonic. We asked pilots what it’s like.
Col. Thomas Drake, too, has never flown supersonic commercially, but has broken the sound barrier in five different fighter aircraft during his military career (1971 to 1991). As a plane ...
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Wild Weather Pushes Passenger Jets Over The Speed Of Sound
and both of these aircraft were clocked well north of that figure. Annoyingly, due to some rather dull technicalities, they didn’t actually initiate a sonic boom and break the sound barrier, as ...