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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...
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One-on-one with Concorde Chief Pilot following Boom XB-1 triumph
After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...
‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have ... Construction was completed last year on Boom’s Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s been designed to scale to produce ...
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Will Boom Overture become the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde?
The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with a range of 7,800km. Overture has the potential to revolutionise air travel ...
Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
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This startup is closer than ever to reviving the Concorde era of supersonic flight
Scholl said future Overture versions are planned to fly Mach-speed over land by eliminating the sonic boom. He said another significant change from the Concorde will be ticket price, which will be ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
BOOM Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots’ view of the runway. While Concorde dealt with ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
The XB-1 demonstrator on December 19, 2024, on one of its 12 successful test flights. - BOOM Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and ...