Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

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About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight on ...

By flying so fast, so low in the latest test, the XB-1 achieved a record 383 knots equivalent airspeed — indicative of incredibly high dynamic air pressure. The aircraft will never experience ...

Boom expects the airlines to be profitable at about $5,000 USD a seat, which of course is a high price tag, and the company ...

A demonstrator aircraft, known as the XB-1 ... next generation of aeroplanes.” He said: “Everybody wants supersonic flight. It’s not easy but it’s possible. If we gather the best people ...

Chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, who has headed XB-1's previous test flights, will be the man inside the cockpit when the next-generation ... and military fast jet pilots ...

Boom Supersonic makes aviation history as XB-1 breaks the sound barrier ... that doesn’t happen is if we invent and build the next generation of airplanes.” “The future of supersonic ...

where the next generation of supersonic airliners will be manufactured,” Kevin Baker, Executive Director of Piedmont Triad Airport Authority, said. “Today’s success with the XB-1 ...