“As the aircraft maintains supersonic speed, all the sound waves that should’ve dispersed in front of it pile up and form shock waves. When these pressure waves combine, a single shock wave forms,” ...
The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...
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 ...