Sonic boom breakthrough for planemaker trying to build the next Concorde gets Elon Musk's backing
Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.
Watch ‘son of Concorde’ prototype break sound barrier for first time
Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
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Boom test flight: 'New Concorde' prototype jet breaks sound barrier
A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde ... it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than ... or 750 mph, at an altitude of about 35,000 feet. Brandenburg brought the plane to a ...
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Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
Former Concorde chief pilot Mike Bannister ... of the mission is to get to the right airspace at the right speed and altitude ready to break the speed of sound. The XB-1 demonstrator has taken ...