The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. On Jan. 10 ...

It’s the first step in Boom’s ambitious goal to have supersonic airliners carry passengers by 2029. The Mach number is defined as a plane’s speed divided by the speed that sound waves move t ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...

Credit: Boom Supersonic The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight ... carry 64 to 80 passengers on ...

XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, among many other historic firsts. The first supersonic ...

On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype ... of the larger Overture airliner Boom wants to eventually build that will carry 64 passengers on supersonic international flights at cruising ...

The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight of its ... could carry 64 to 80 passengers on transatlantic journeys ...

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Related: Passenger plane with entirely new 'blended wing' shape aims to hit the skies by 2030 Boom Supersonic began test flights with the XB-1 in March 2024 . Subsequent flights have probed its ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S ... a planned supersonic passenger airliner intended to start regular ...