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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 ...
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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 ...
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk - The aircraft developed by Boom ...
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XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier in bid for "return of commercial supersonic flight"
More than two decades after the retirement of the Concorde, American aircraft company Boom Supersonic has achieved supersonic flight with its XB-1 prototype in a test flight above the Mojave Desert.
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 ...