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RAW VIDEO: Revolutionary XB-1 Aircraft Achieves First Supersonic Flight
Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, has made its first supersonic flight.
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Boom Goes Supersonic, Makes Civil Aviation History
Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...
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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The Concorde passenger jet never really took off ... same Mojave Desert airspace in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager, ...
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Boom Supersonic achieves supersonic flight
Two decades after Concorde's retirement, Boom Supersonic's test aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...
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Plane completes first supersonic flight, breaks sound barrier
Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world's fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots’ view of the runway. While Concorde dealt with this by ...
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America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight in a California desert
Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots’ view of the runway. While Concorde dealt with this by having ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than ... with Chief Test Pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg at the controls, hit Mach 1.122 ...
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Boom test flight: 'New Concorde' prototype jet breaks sound barrier
A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...
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‘New Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight, as owner 'plans commercial trips'
But Jock Lowe, who was the longest-serving Concorde pilot, told LBC News there is probably "still a long way to go" before Boom's jets are commercially viable. "Good luck to them and I hope they ...