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In January 2025, Boom's experimental XB-1 became the first civil supersonic jet made in the United States to break the sound ...
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I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...
Continental Airlines, several mechanics and a former French official went back on trial in France Thursday over the deadly 2000 crash of a Concorde supersonic jet.With one of the defendants too ...
When the Concorde was grounded in 2003, done in by strained economics and a fiery crash on a Paris runway, it appeared to be the end of the line for supersonic travel. Nothing emerged to replace it.
The Concorde, developed in the 1960s under a partnership between British and French manufacturers, was the first (and so far, only) commercial supersonic aircraft.
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype is the first civilian aircraft to break the sound barrier since Concorde, which was retired in 2003. It reached 844mph ...
The Concorde 001 takes off for its first flight on March 2, 1969 in southern France ...
The first Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft has been named as a historical monument, France's culture minister said Monday. Concorde 001, which was the first of the 20 aircraft built and the ...