A new airplane silently broke the sound barrier. It looks nothing like NASA’s X-59
Thanks to upgraded engines and advanced computers that monitor weather in real time, Boom Supersonic achieved the holy grail ...
City Journal1d
This Silent Plane Just Made History
Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental ...
Winston-Salem Journal3d
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
which the company says could carry as many as 80 passengers while traveling faster than the speed of sound. The jets would be built in North Carolina. The company has said the engine it's ...
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US-based aviation company breaks sound barrier
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time Tuesday with a test flight in Mojave California. The Associated Press reports it was the same Mojave Desert airspace ...
The Baltimore Sun16d
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...