Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
The Supersonic Simulator: How XB-1 Pilots Train For Flight At Mach 1
Commercial supersonic flight ended with the Concorde's discontinuation, but Boom Technology is preparing pilots for a possible supersonic resurgence.
‘New Concorde’ to break sound barrier today in big step back to supersonic commercial flights
Colorado company Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier with its test plane XB-1 during a test flight this morning, ...
The Economist9d
Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?
Mr Scholl reckons a Symphony prototype will be available for ground testing by the end of the year, and a version with all ...
WFDD10d
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved ...
New ‘Concorde’ prepares for first supersonic flight
A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ...
executivetraveller9d
Next-gen Concorde makes supersonic debut
The XB-1 is a pint-sized testbed for the Overture: a next-generation supersonic airliner developed by ambitious US startup ...
CNN10d
Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 ... CNN last year that he expects supersonic planes to replace conventional airliners in our lifetime.