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 ...
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 ...
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Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
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Fighter jets manufactured in Upstate to help U.S. ally
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The United States is strengthening the defense corporation of one of our allies with new fighter ... about the jets’ loud sonic booms. That sound of freedom is ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a ...
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First independently developed jet breaks sound barrier in California
The flight on January 28 happened in the same airspace where, in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier in his bright orange Bell X-1 rocket plane. MOJAVE, California: ...
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US, Philippine fighter aircraft jointly patrol disputed shoal region guarded by China
U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft have staged a joint patrol and training over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine ...
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Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets deal isn't a silver bullet for Iran's battered air defenses
Iran may finally get the advanced Russian fighter jets it has sought for years, but analysts are skeptical that a few dozen Su-35 Flankers will make up for the damage Israel recently inflicted on ...