Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
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Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
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XB-1 demonstrator breaks sound barrier during first 2025 flight
Independently developed jet makes new record, adding to its rigorous series of human-piloted test flights that will prepare ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
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Boom Goes Supersonic, Makes Civil Aviation History
Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...
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Great expectations for supersonic travel as XB-1 breaks sound barrier
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...
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RAW VIDEO: Revolutionary XB-1 Aircraft Achieves First Supersonic Flight
Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom ...
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US-based aviation company breaks sound barrier
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time Tuesday ... as 80 passengers while traveling faster than the speed of sound. The jets would be built in North Carolina.