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I captained Concorde's last flight - I'm excited for the return of supersonic
Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
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 ...
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Who needs Concorde? Storm Eowyn's powerful jet stream propels BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
It was just shy of the record of 835mph, which was reached by a commercial aircraft from New York JFK to Lisbon in February last ... flight was in 1996 when a British Airways Concorde flew from ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
“When I last flew Concorde in 2003, I knew this day would come. Boom is well on its way towards making sustainable supersonic flight a reality, aboard Overture – my #1 choice as a successor to ...