A supersonic jet nicknamed the 'Son of the Concorde' has officially traveled faster than the speed of sound for the first time. The XB-1 demonstrator aircraft took off from the Mojave Air & Space ...
Since Concorde's retirement at the start of the century, supersonic flights fully disappeared from global air travel networks, with British Airways and Air France becoming the only two carriers to ...
The Concorde was discontinued soon after ... BOOM The XB-1 is the prototype for Boom’s Overture plane, a supersonic commercial aircraft that can carry 64 to 80 passengers at nearly double ...
according to former chief Concorde pilot at British Airways, Mike Bannister, who was on the ground to witness the inaugural supersonic flight. The aircraft was closely followed by a Mirage F1 jet ...