XB-1 aircraft breaks sound barrier for first time
And finally, the XB-1 has gone supersonic. Boom Supersonic’s three-engine test aircraft broke the sound barrier in a…
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XB-1 Demonstration Aircraft Surpasses Mach 0.6 on Its 4th Flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft reached Mach 0.617 on its fourth flight, on September 21. The milestone occurred…
XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator Completes Second Test Flight
Boom Supersonic completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft on Monday, May 26. The three-engine fighter…
Building where Boom’s supersonic commercial aircraft factory will be located is completed
Boom Supersonic, company that aims to relaunch commercial supersonic flights in air travel, announced the completion of the…
Boom Supersonic has the green light to fly above Mach 1 with the XB-1
Boom Supersonic, a startup that intends to put a new supersonic commercial jet into service, obtained a Special…
After three years of delay, XB-1 supersonic demonstrator performs first flight
After several delays and long ground tests, Boom Supersonic finally completed the first flight of the XB-1, a…
Boom in preparations for maiden flight of XB-1 supersonic demonstrator
Boom Supersonic, the US company that develops the “successor” to the Concorde, announced today that it has completed…
XB-1 supersonic demonstrator performs engine running tests
Boom Supersonic this week released images and information about the engine firing tests of the XB-1, a demonstrator…
United States establishes “supersonic corridor” to test new civilian jets that fly faster than the speed of sound
The Kansas state government and the FAA signed an agreement this week establishing the first US supersonic flight…
New supersonic XB-1 and X-59 airplanes have noise as the biggest challenge
Fifty years ago, the Concorde and its Russian rival Tu-144 pioneered supersonic passenger flight, but ended up succumbing…
Boom shows progress with its supersonic civilian plane project
In a small, discreet hangar at Centennial Airport, on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, a possible revolution in…