Denver-area company's experimental jet breaks sound barrier three times
A fast-growing aerospace startup lives up to its name and surpasses a lofty milestone in its quest to develop supersonic ...
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Boom succeeds with first attempts at breaking sound barrier
The XB-1 prototype accelerated smoothly to reach as fast as Mach 1.11 at about 35,000 feet at 11:33 a.m., 11:38 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Mach 1 is equal to the ...
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...
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Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights
Boom said it completed construction on its Overture Superfactory ... United Airlines and Japan Airlines. The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force.
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its ... of aviation,” he declared. Construction was completed last year ...
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First private-built supersonic plane smashes sound barrier
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...
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Jet breaks sound barrier in bid to revive supersonic travel
Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager was the first human to exceed the sound barrier, back in 1947 ... The firm has completed construction on a factory for the new plane in Greensboro, North Carolina.