XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.
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The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...
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Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...
Supersonic commercial air travel is becoming feasible as Boom Supersonic's XB-1 successfully broke the sound barrier.
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Boom's XB-1 jet, dubbed the "Son of Concorde" recently completed its first supersonic flight paving the way for a super fast new airliner. The firm has now completed its second supersonic test ...
Boom expects the airlines to be profitable at about $5,000 USD a seat, which of course is a high price tag, and the company ...
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