Breaking the sound barrier quietly: Boom's new XB-1 could change supersonic air travel
Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
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A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...
New Scientist on MSN17d
How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff ...
Supersonic Commercial Air Travel Is On Its Way
Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...
NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
Mirror, mirror on the Oval Office wall: Netizens spot crazy detail after zooming in Donald Trump's photo with model of Boom Aero's jet
In a viral photo, Trump is seen with a model of Boom Aero's supersonic jet, while Elon Musk's reflection appears in the ...
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Supersonic XB-1: Flying faster than sound
Overture will be the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet and the first civil supersonic jet made in America.