Boom XB-1 Jet Breaks Sound Barrier, Paving Way for Supersonic Passenger Planes Once Again
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger planes (back) closer to reality. Reaching over 35,000 feet, the “Baby Boom” plane took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port on January 28, reaching Mach 1.122 for the first time—around 750 miles per hour.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American ...
On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype ... of the larger Overture airliner Boom wants to eventually build that will carry 64 passengers on supersonic international flights at ...
Boom's founder and CEO Blake Scholl says the flight "demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived.” The test aircraft was made with lightweight carbon fiber ...
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