A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...
I visited Boom Supersonic HQ to see their latest development on the supersonic airplane. I met with the Boom Supersonic ...
The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...
Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
TRUMP has shown off designs for the “Son of Concorde” supersonic jet, as the firm behind it readies to run ultra-fast flights ...
Boom supersonic aces XB-1 flight testing, UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel scales up and China's 'J-36' analysed. Plus all the ...
The US aerospace company Boom Supersonic recently announced it has successfully tested its latest aircraft, the XB-1. The ...
The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
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