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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave ...
Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the ...
'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
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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How many jet engines is too many - Griffith VTO
The Griffith VTO was one of the most ambitious aircraft concepts ever devised—designed to be a supersonic passenger plane ...
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Quiet NASA Supersonic X-59 Jet Moves Closer to Maiden Flight
NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned 2025 first flight under ...
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This Company Is Taking the ‘Boom’ Out of Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 creates a sonic boom inaudible from the ground below when flying at the exact right speed and altitude ...
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
"Running the engine, an F414-GE-100 ... NASA unveils its revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet (photos, video) — NASA is 'learning to listen to the X-59' by simulating sonic ...
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Watch: Boom Supersonic jet breaks sound barrier without sonic booms in final test
Boom CEO Blake Scholl confirmed that on January 28, the XB-1 successfully broke the sound barrier three times without ...
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious ... a system that injects extra fuel into the hot exhaust of a jet engine. "The X-59 — precision, power and engineering excellence ...
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Supersonic travel is a step closer as Boom flies demonstrator jet above Mach 1
Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 test jet at about the speed of sound, a major step as the company works toward the daunting job ...
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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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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
It’s not just carbon dioxide from burning fuel that could add to supersonic planes’ climate impact. All jet engines release other pollutants as well, including nitrogen oxides, black carbon ...