Meet Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg. - BOOM It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial ...

While Concorde dealt with this by having a moveable droop nose, Boom’s augmented reality vision system enables excellent runway visibility for the pilots without that extra weight and complexity.

Civilians on the ground will also be spared the deafening sound of its sonic boom, the company has claimed. Only the original Concorde passengers and military fast jet pilots have travelled at ...

The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved on January 28 when Boom Supersonic completed its first ...

You can't be a top pilot without a cool nickname. Meet Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg. - BOOM It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic ... face the same hurdles as Concorde, which flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused.

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached ... according to bosses at Colorado-based Boom Technology. The supersonic flight was helmed by chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto ...

“When I last flew Concorde in 2003, I knew this day would come. Boom is well on its way towards making sustainable supersonic flight a reality, aboard Overture – my #1 choice as a successor to ...

(Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) In the meantime as with Concorde, the XB-1 test model can’t fly supersonic over land in the U.S. because of the powerful sonic boom. Today’s test over ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...