Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
THE ‘Son of Concorde’ XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic speeds today, breaking the sound barrier for the first ...
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
The fastest speed the XB-1 had reached prior to the January 28 flight was Mach 0.95, just below the supersonic threshold of Mach 1, which it hit during its last ... for Concorde first flew at ...
the flight will last between 30 and 45 minutes in total. Civilians on the ground will also be spared the deafening sound of its sonic boom, the company has claimed. Only the original Concorde ...
The fastest speed the XB-1 had reached prior to the January 28 flight was Mach 0.95, just below the supersonic threshold of Mach 1, which it hit during its last test flight on ... years since the 002 ...