American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...
The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in late January. The small jet, officially ...
Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental ...
The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
"XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic ... haven't quite been quite right yet. Aircraft like the Concorde, for example, relied on brute force in its turbojet engines ...
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An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week ... which has been on hiatus since the Concorde jet was grounded more ...
Concorde’s star would ... For her, smashing the sound barrier several times a week in the company of the rich and famous was just part of a job that spanned 11 years from 1982 onwards, and ...
TRUMP has shown off designs for the “Son of Concorde” supersonic jet, as the firm behind it readies to run ultra-fast flights ...