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‘Son of Concorde’ jet soars at supersonic speed for the first time ever paving way toward 3.5 hour London-NYC flights
THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic ... Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.
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Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
The same airspace saw Chuck Yeager become the first person to exceed the speed of sound in 1947. Boom’s test plane is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde ...
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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 ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.
Irish Sun4d
‘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 ... Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.
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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 ...
This Business Jet Is The Concorde Of Private Aviation
The Concorde aircraft, despite actually managing to be profitable, proved that airlines could, in theory, turn a profit if ...