Watch ‘son of Concorde’ prototype break sound barrier for first time
Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ago, and paves the way for the return of commercial supersonic flights aboard Overture, possibly before the end of this decade.
Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...
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