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Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrier
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...
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Storm Eowyn’s severe winds cause British Airways flight to approach subsonic speeds
Storm Eowyn has resulted in jet stream winds in excess of 260mph over the east coast of the US, meaning records could be broken over the coming days. Transatlantic passengers flying between the US and ...
Storm Eowyn’s jet stream across Atlantic sees US flights reach UK hour earlier
The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going from New York to Lisbon last February. Although such a speed is officially ...
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Lion Air crash: Jet had airspeed problems on final four flights
Lion Air flight JT 610 ... speculation that this could have been an issue. Airspeed is measured using sensors called pitot tubes, which record pressure on the wing or front surface of the aircraft.