Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
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The Insane Engineering of the Concorde
The Concorde was a marvel of engineering, capable of flying at Mach 2 while delivering passengers across the Atlantic in ...
4 Unique Concorde Liveries & The Stories Behind Them
However, this does not mean that the two European flag carriers' liveries during Concorde's operational career were the only ...
Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
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A first since Concorde, Mach 1 on a civil aircraft
Boom Supersonic has completed a test flight of a civil aircraft, breaking the sound barrier three times. The XB-1 prototype ...
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‘New Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight, as owner 'plans commercial trips'
A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
The Mach 1 milestone was reached on the ... the subsonic airplanes that are flying today." In 1996, Concorde set a speed record of just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds between New York and ...
‘Son of Concorde’ jet to blast off on first-ever flight at supersonic speeds today with special event
THE ‘Son of Concorde’ XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. Bosses at Colorado-based Boom ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...