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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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 ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...
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First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...
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Sigh of relief: Boom's successful first supersonic flight heartens local, state supporters
Today’s a day I’ve been looking forward to for more than a decade,” said Blake Scholl, Boom's visionary founder and chief ...
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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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Startup Used Formula 1’s Secret To Build Supersonic Jet Flies New York to London in 3.5 Hours
In a world where speed is often synonymous with progress, a small startup with just 140 employees has made a groundbreaking ...
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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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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...