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“That’s the XB-1 prototype. We’ve demonstrated we can do it without a sonic boom.” Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator ...
The International Civil Aviation Organization aligned on a recommended new standard for supersonic aircraft landing and ...
Last month, the XB-1 broke the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. The event positions Boom Supersonic to produce the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde was grounded in 2003.
NASA first visually captured supersonic shock waves in 2019 after a decade of research. The technology was developed in part ...
nor do they feel a violent "sound barrier" shock when passing Mach 1. Sonic booms are not always heard on the ground, and modern supersonic aircraft are stable and well-controlled in flight.
"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier," Blake Scholl, Boom Supersonic founder and CEO, said in a statement. The photo ...
Investors have taken an interest in Boom Supersonic, which aspires to return supersonic flight as an option to air travelers.
Last month, about 24 hours after Blake Scholl, CEO and founder of Boom Supersonic, watched his company's test plane successfully break the sound barrier, he received an invitation to the West Wing.
Concorde's retirement in 2003 brought the curtain down on an age of supersonic passenger flights ... privately developed jet to break the sound barrier—Mach 1, or about 767 mph.
For decades, supersonic commercial airline flight ... 7. “Now that we have proven that we can break the sound barrier without an audible boom on the ground, we are working to update the overland ...
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time ever in late January. During that highly-anticipated test flight, the jet went above Mach 1 several times ...