After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...
The company planning to build the world’s fastest airliner at Piedmont Triad International Airport completed the first supersonic flight of its demonstrator aircraft on Tuesday at the Mojave Air & ...
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...
Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, ...
where the 11 test flights for Overture’s XB-1 prototype have been held since March, along with the same chief test pilot in Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg. XB-1’s supersonic flight will be ...
Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.
Piloted by Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg, the sleek prototype hit Mach 1.12 (750mph) at 35,290 feet. This reignites hopes of supersonic travel becoming mainstream two decades after the famous ...
"She was real happy supersonic," test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg said after landing the XB-1 plane in a video posted by the company. "That's the best she's ever flown, was supersonic.” ...