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American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's ...

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During the flight, it was accompanied by a Northrop T-38, a military jet used by the US military ... be reduced to 0.94 Mach to avoid the loud sonic boom when breaking the sound barrier.

The aircraft, flown by Boom’s chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, accelerated to Mach 1.122 (652 knots true airspeed or 750 miles per hour) — about 10% faster than the speed ...

The last civil supersonic jet was the Concorde ... took governments and billions of dollars.” Boom has not received grants from any U.S. military programs, which some competitors considered ...

Boom Supersonic hit a milestone yesterday when its XB-1 experimental jet passed Mach 1.0, the speed of sound ... Boom has not received grants from any U.S. military programs, which some competitors ...