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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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The Concorde passenger jet never really took off ... a World War II ace fighter pilot who became a military test pilot after ...
Boom! This Startup Just Broke the Sound Barrier as It Pushes to Revive Civilian Supersonic Flight
The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time ... a Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet, and a Northrop T-38 Talon, the same aircraft ...
The Business Journals9d
Denver-area company's experimental jet breaks sound barrier three times
Tuesday’s flight of the XB-1, a plane the size of a fighter jet, was the first time an independently developed plane broke the sound barrier. The XB-1 is also the first civilian supersonic jet ...
Daily Mail8d
'Son of Concorde' supersonic jet breaks sound barrier... here's how long it'll take to travel from NYC to London
A Mirage F1, a French fighter and attack aircraft, was spotted trailing behind ... airspace where the Bell X-1 first broke the sound barrier in 1947,' said Scholl. 'I've been looking forward ...
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Boom Supersonic makes history, breaks sound barrier
On January 28, 2025, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test aircraft achieved a record speed of Mach 1.13 during a flight over the ...
Robb Report8d
Boom’s Supersonic Jet Just Broke the Sound Barrier
It was shadowed by two former fighter jets that Boom uses to monitor the XB-1 during the test flights. Scholl said the next step is to scale up the technology used on the XB-1 for Boom’s ...