First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, tearing ...
MIT Technology Review3 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, ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
pittsburghmagazine.com5 天
Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
Winston-Salem Journal8 天
Sigh of relief: Boom's successful first supersonic flight heartens local, state supporters
Today’s a day I’ve been looking forward to for more than a decade,” said Blake Scholl, Boom's visionary founder and chief ...
Flying9 天
Boom Goes Supersonic, Makes Civil Aviation History
Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...
Boom XB-1's successful test flight revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
Boom's Overture commercial airliners would be built at the Greensboro Superfactory.
outono10 天
The first supersonic flight of the Boom XB-1, an aircraft that could revolutionize civil ...
The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...
‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...