Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have ... Construction was completed last year on Boom’s Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s been designed to scale to produce ...

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 ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

Scholl said future Overture versions are planned to fly Mach-speed over land by eliminating the sonic boom. He said another significant change from the Concorde will be ticket price, which will be ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

On the heels of Boom Supersonic’s thrilling achievement — its XB-1 demonstrator, piloted by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, broke the Mach 1 sound barrier three times on 28 January ...

BOOM Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots’ view of the runway. While Concorde dealt with ...

The XB-1 demonstrator on December 19, 2024, on one of its 12 successful test flights. - BOOM Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and ...