A Plane Just Achieved Supersonic Flight Without the Sonic Boom
But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo
NASA also gathered sound data from the test flight. Boom Supersonic analyzed the data and found that no audible sonic boom reached the ground. This is notable, because supersonic flights that make ...
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This Silent Plane Just Made History
You might be wondering why this is news. Since Chuck Yeager’s first sonic boom in 1947, thousands of military aircraft have broken the sound barrier. Even some civilian aircraft have done it: the ...
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Aircraft shatters sound barrier without sonic boom
The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...