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Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to achieve the feat since ... over the Mojave Desert in California. During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before ...

UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become only the second company in the world to perform a piloted thrustborne flight test in a full-scale ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...

All aboard both aircraft are feared dead, officials said during Thursday morning news conferences. A black box is a flight data recorder that collects information on communications involving ...

The latest test was a 44-minute flight that reached an altitude of 29,481 ft (8,986 m). The company's Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg flew the XB-1 demonstrator aircraft, reaching ...

The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor, will be livestreamed at 6:45 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from Mojave north ...

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor, will be livestreamed at 6:45 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from Mojave north of ...