Avenging the Concorde: Inside NASA’s Quest to Break the Sound Barrier and Hush the Sonic Boom
If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if history doesn’t repeat itself.
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.
This startup is closer than ever to reviving the Concorde era of supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
Coupled with the worries about fuel consumption, the noise of Concorde’s sonic boom caused issues that made its planned routes with potential buyers unviable. Complaints of broken windows and ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
In the early 1970s, sonic boom concerns led the United States government to ban supersonic passenger flight over land in the US. This hurt the Concorde’s potential market, hence its only two ...
Boom XB-1's successful test flight revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
Boom's Overture commercial airliners would be built at the Greensboro Superfactory.
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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert
It’s not clear where the sonic boom created by the X-1 will be heard ... The livestream will be hosted by former Chief ...
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk - The aircraft developed by Boom ...
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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
Coupled with the worries about fuel consumption, the noise of Concorde’s sonic boom caused issues that made its planned routes with potential buyers unviable. Complaints of broken windows and cracked ...