Boom XB-1 Jet Breaks Sound Barrier, Paving Way for Supersonic Passenger Planes Once Again
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger planes (back) closer to reality. Reaching over 35,000 feet, the “Baby Boom” plane took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port on January 28, reaching Mach 1.122 for the first time—around 750 miles per hour.
A Rafale fighter jet, manufactured by Dassault Aviation, takes off at Saint-Dizier Air Base as the French Air Force celebrates 20,000 days of uninterrupted nuclear warning and the completion of a ...
If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...
Royal Air Force fighters were scrambled to intercept a civilian airliner that had reported a bomb on board. The Air India ...
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...
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What Does It Mean When A Fighter Jet Rocks Its Wings?Therefore, it's not unheard of for intercepting fighter jets to go supersonic to catch up to the unidentified aircraft, and when these jets supercruise, the result is an ear-shattering sonic ...
THE XB-1 ‘Son of Concorde’ jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, ...
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