Inside the groundbreaking design of Boom Supersonic’s ultrafast jet
Boom Supersonic built a supersonic plane for a fraction of the cost of NASA's X-59. Now all that's left to do is build it ...
Space.com on MSN13d
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo
"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...
IFLScience on MSN19d
NASA Image Shows XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing Audible Sonic Boom
NASA has released a new image showing the moment Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier without producing an audible sonic boom. Boom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial ...
Flightglobal21d
Boom’s XB-1 research jet shockwave captured during supersonic flight
One of the aims of the flight over the Mojave desert was to acquire a Schlieren photograph of the jet at supersonic speed ... whereby the sonic boom, under certain speed and atmospheric conditions ...
PBS8y
Shock Treatment
This results in a shock wave of pressurized air molecules ... of a conventional subsonic business jet. Working with George and Seebass's theory for sonic boom minimization, further enhanced ...
Longview News-Journal20d
Aircraft shatters sound barrier without sonic boom
It documents the changing air density around XB-1 and the resulting shock wave—making ... route. Boom analysis found that no audible sonic boom reached the ground as the jet flew at supersonic ...
Task & Purpose4y
A French fighter jet’s sonic boom scared the bejesus out of Paris
A Rafale fighter jet, manufactured by Dassault Aviation, takes off at Saint-Dizier Air Base as the French Air Force celebrates 20,000 days of uninterrupted nuclear warning and the completion of a ...