The same airspace saw Chuck Yeager become the first person to exceed the speed of sound in 1947. Boom’s test plane is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde ...
The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound ... 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970 ...
THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached ... where Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.
THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on ... where Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane. On the ground, Boom's ...