First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...
Boom! This Startup Just Broke the Sound Barrier as it Pushes to Revive Civilian Supersonic Flight
The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...
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Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live
Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time ...
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Boom Supersonic breaks sound barrier for the first time
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier during test flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...
Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
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Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...
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Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic has announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world's ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg took off in the company ...
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Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live
Editor's note: Boom Supersonic successfully broke the sound barrier with the XB-1 today in a major milestone. Read our coverage here. Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
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Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight
MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...