'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based company that made the jet, hailed its test flights as a major milestone towards the ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week ...
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XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom
The XB-1 went supersonic a total of three times during the test flight. An array of microphones were placed on the ground along the aircraft's flight path to confirm that the signature "BOOM ...
New Scientist6d
How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to US ...
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Boom Supersonic has second supersonic flight Monday, announces ‘Boomless Cruise’
MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier again Monday, after a successful flight last month. On Feb. 10, Boom Supersonic performed another supersonic flight with its ...
Popular Science5d
Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier over the continental US. Less than a month later, Chief Test ...
Business Insider4d
Sonic boom breakthrough for planemaker trying to build the next Concorde gets Elon Musk's backing
Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner could fly above Mach 1 without producing a sonic boom audible from the ground. As Concorde could only fly supersonic over water, this discovery ...
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Boom Supersonic: XB-1 breaks the sound barrier for the second and last time
The supersonic aircraft XB-1 has flown faster than sound for the second time. The aircraft broke the sound barrier three times – and is now being mothballed. The aircraft took off from the ...
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Record-Breaking Supersonic Wind Swirls Around Giant Exoplanet’s Equator
This artist’s visualization of WASP-127b, a giant gas planet located about 520 light-years from Earth, shows its newly discovered supersonic jet winds that move around the planet’s equator. With a ...
Irish Sun4d
‘Boomless’ supersonic flights ‘just months away’ as US airlines rush to order jets that fly twice as fast as Boeing 747s
Boom's XB-1 jet, dubbed the "Son of Concorde" recently completed its first supersonic flight paving the way for a super fast new airliner. The firm has now completed its second supersonic test ...
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Boom Supersonic
Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry ...