Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic ...
2 days ago · Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of ...
1 day ago · 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 flight Tuesday in the same Mojave Desert airspace in California where Charles “Chuck” Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. ...
US civil supersonic jet breaks sound barrier in historic test flight
1 day ago · The flight took place from California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. The XB-1 jet entered the supersonic corridor and reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122 (652 KTAS or 750mph). This is a historic achievement as it marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier.
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over …
2 days ago · A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off Tuesday. ... The Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1, during a test flight Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, over the Mohave Desert, Calif ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier - Live Science
3 days ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S. history. Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in ...
Watch Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet make history by breaking sound barrier
2 days ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...
Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test …
3 days ago · Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg took off in the company ...
Boom Supersonic breaks sound barrier for the first time
At one point, however, XB-1 briefly broke the sound barrier once again. XB-1 surpassed Mach 1 yet again a few minutes later before landing 11:54 PM EST after a total flight time of 33.49 minutes.
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight over ...
2 days ago · It marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic said, and the plane is the "first supersonic jet made in America." The sound barrier was broken ...
Boom's supersonic test jet breaks sound barrier for first time
2 days ago · A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect high-speed passenger flights two decades after the Concorde’s demise.