NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.
A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...
Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the ...
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Trump aims to revolutionize aviation with supersonic ‘Son of Concorde’
Donald Trump has revealed his ambitious plan to launch the "Son of Concorde", a next-generation supersonic jet that aims to fly from New York to London in under four hours by 2029. The U.S. president ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
These disturbances move at the speed of sound. In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form shock waves around the ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
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This Company Is Taking the ‘Boom’ Out of Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 creates a sonic boom inaudible from the ground below when flying at the exact right speed and altitude ...
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Supersonic XB-1: Flying faster than sound
Overture will be the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet and the first civil supersonic jet made in America.
Boom! A fast and loud breakthrough: A supersonic jet breaks the sound barrier
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, paving the way for faster commercial flights if future tests succeed.
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Supersonic Jet Test Flight Successful, To Halve New York-Rome Travel Time
It also aims to reduce emissions and its carbon footprint by using up to 100 per cent renewable aviation fuel instead of traditional jet fuel. Boom is not the only company developing supersonic ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...