‘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 ...
'New Concorde' attempts to break 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 ...
America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight in a California desert
Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
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How did the Concorde fly so fast?
"In the business, we call this a 'droop snoot ... to avoid the need for drooping the nose," Farina said. In addition to having a sleek design, Concorde jets were powered by four turbo jet ...
Boom’s XB-1 aircraft breaks sound barrier: Is supersonic travel the future?
American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during a supersonic test flight. The last flight of a supersonic airliner, ...
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Flying High
The Concorde fleet operated for over a quarter ... end of the nose that sonic booms radiated. In terms of the droop action of the nose, that's quite simple to explain. As a pilot, if you put ...
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Anatomy of Concorde
During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...
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Cold War Spying And The Questionable Use Of Smuggled Blueprints In Developing Supersonic Airliners
At the time that the Concorde was being developed ... Differences included the drooping nose (absent on Boeing 2707-300) and use of canards (present on Tu-144 and 2707-200), and wildly different ...