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Boom Swings Focus To Overture After XB-1 Success
Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...
Winston-Salem Journal9h
Sigh of relief: Boom's successful first supersonic flight heartens local, state supporters
Today’s a day I’ve been looking forward to for more than a decade,” said Blake Scholl, Boom's visionary founder and chief ...
This startup is closer than ever to reviving the Concorde era of supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
And that’s not something that takes place overnight,” he said in March 2024. Boom’s plan is that Overture will be in operation before the end of the decade, carrying 64 to 80 passengers at ...
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Boom XB-1 Jet Breaks Sound Barrier, Paving Way for Supersonic Passenger Planes Once Again
A concept design of the eventual Boom Overture aircraft. Credit: Boom Supersonic The sound barrier was first broken in 1947 by Chuck Yeager for the US Air Force. But from a civilian perspective ...