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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 ...
Runway Girl4 天
One-on-one with Concorde Chief Pilot following Boom XB-1 triumph
After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...
Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?
This 34-minute flight, the culmination of 11 previous subsonic ones, took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
Travel Weekly6 天
Will Boom Overture become the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde?
The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with a range of 7,800km. Overture has the potential to revolutionise air travel ...
Boom! A fast and loud breakthrough: A supersonic jet breaks the sound barrier
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, paving the way for faster commercial flights if future tests succeed.
WQOW1 天
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...
MIT Technology Review4 天
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
CNN4 天
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Boom plans to build an airliner called Overture that can fly at Mach 1.7 ... There was the little-known Russian Tupolev-144 and Concorde, a Franco-British supersonic airliner operated by British ...