Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on ... in just a week or so and to do the same with the jet's Symphony engines next month, he added. "Our goal is to be making thrust on those engines ...

Impact Link A startup wants to revive the era of the supersonic Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out — but without the noisy boom and expensive ... Concorde's Mach 2.04.

To make this doable in routine operation by that four-engine airliner, Boom is banking on the Symphony engines now ... start of the supersonic age.” In 2016—prior to a 2.5-year stint working ...

Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner ... "Boomless Cruise requires engines powerful enough to break the sound barrier at an altitude high enough that the boom has enough altitude ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic ... upwards of Mach 2 (right around 1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h). The trouble is, supersonic flight means sonic ...

Its engines would also be able to use sustainable aviation fuel. Boom Supersonic hopes to begin carrying passengers on Overture as early as 2029 and expects to charge around $5,000 for a seat.

During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a boom being detected by microphones on the desert floor below.

Supersonic passenger ... any given moment and route, but Boom is developing software and procedures to help pilots reach it. It also helps to be developing engines powerful enough to reach the ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced Boomless Cruise for its supersonic airliner ...