When I first heard what he’d done with Led Zeppelin I thought: “That’s a little bit more than inspired by the [Beck’s] Truth album.” When I finally got ... and he had a deep cynical streak. Me and ...

The test plane, flown by chief test pilot Tristan `Geppetto’ Brandenburg, pushed through the sound barrier at around 8:30am local time in a four-minute high speed run through a specially ...

On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1. On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier ...

The significance of Tuesday's flight is that it marks the first time one of these companies has built and flown its own vehicle above the speed of sound. Although this is an important and notable ...

That’s nine times the speed of sound to you and I. As explained, the Mars Mission wind tunnel, located in Luoyang, Henan province, operates by heating gas with an electric arc, generating airflo ...

On Jan. 10, the XB-1 completed a sustained flight at 728 mph (1,172 km/h) — equivalent to Mach 0.95, which is just shy of the speed of sound. The test was conducted at a height of 29,481 feet ...

If all goes well, the piloted demonstrator craft will exceed Mach 1 — the speed of sound — about 25 minutes later. The XB-1 is a subscale pathfinder vehicle, designed to demonstrate ...

During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over ...

Pic: Boom Supersonic During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound. The jet, which was flown by Boom ...

Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California and reached Mach 1.1 — equivalent to 1.1 times the speed of sound, or 844 mph (1,358 km/h). It reached this record ...

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