How Boom’s XB-1 cracked the code for silent supersonic flight
American firm Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has once again reached supersonic speeds without producing an audible boom, following ...
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Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
To “break the sound barrier” means to fly faster than the speed of sound ... When people say you can see a fighter ...
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 ...