Plane Breaking the Sound Barrier

Boom Supersonic loses the Sonic boom

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air & Space Port in southeastern California at about 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT; 10:50 a.m. local time in California).

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Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time

On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1.

PCMag on MSN · 3d

Boom Supersonic: Our Flights Can Break Sound Barrier Without a Sonic Boom

During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a boom being detected by microphones on the desert floor below.

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A new airplane silently broke the sound barrier. It looks nothing like NASA’s X-59

Thanks to upgraded engines and advanced computers that monitor weather in real time, Boom Supersonic achieved the holy grail ...

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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert

Boom officials explained that the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” will break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Supersonic ... key factor — it’s essentially how hard the ...

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