Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
Boom Supersonic has completed a test flight of a civil aircraft, breaking the sound barrier three times. The XB-1 prototype ...
It has eased back down to Mach 8, which ex-Concorde pilot Mike Bannister pointed out is about the maximum speed achievable by today’s airliners. XB-1 climbed to 34,000 feet to reach the ...
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
The fastest speed the XB-1 had reached prior to ... It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial ...
The Mach 1 milestone was reached on the 12th test flight of the XB-1 ... Overture will be no louder than the subsonic ...
A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time ... The flight is expected to last between 30 and 45 minutes, according to Boom, and ...