Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time
On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1.
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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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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 ...
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First Independently Developed Jet Breaks the Sound Barrier Over the California Desert
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 Tuesday ...
Boom Supersonic breaks sound barrier for the first time
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 scale ...