Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.
Boom Supersonic loses the sonic boom: The XB-1's quiet Mach 1 flight
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.
How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff
Boom Supersonic: XB-1 breaks the sound barrier for the second and last time
Boom XB-1 broke the sound barrier again at the end of the test campaign. The next step for Boom Supersonic is to develop a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Supersonic Overture beckons as Boom concludes XB-1 flight-test programme
US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic is expecting to reach design freeze on the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft in about a week, as flight-testing of its experimental XB-1 jet concludes. The XB-1 departed on its 13th and final flight on 10 February,
What Is the Boom XB-1? Civil Jet Makes History by Breaking Sound Barrier
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before Tuesday, no civil private manufacturer had passed the sound barrier with an aircraft it had developed.
Boom Supersonic XB-1 Takes Historic Flight, Breaks Sound Barrier | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
Boom Supersonic XB-1 Takes Historic Flight, Breaks Sound Barrier | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G Boom Supersonic XB-1 has successfully completed a historic supersonic flight, reaching Mach 1.122. As the first independently developed supersonic jet,
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight on Tuesday.
Boom XB-1 Test Flight Went Supersonic, With iPhone and Starlink Helping Livestream the Moment
Boom's recent test flight with the XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic, with iPhone and Starlink capturing the iconic moments.
Great expectations for supersonic travel as XB-1 breaks sound barrier
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to supersonic travel.
Supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier in second test flight with quiet sonic boom
Aerospace startup Boom says they've proven quiet supersonic flight is possible with their passenger airplanes after a successful second test flight.
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Boom Completes XB-1 Flight Test Campaign
Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator flew for the 13 th and final time at Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Feb. 10, ...
The Boom XB-1 reaches milestone in quest for civil supersonic aviation
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 test plane took the company one step closer to commercial flights at the speed of sound, achieving ...
Supersonic goes boomless.
Boom’s XB-1 test craft has flown at supersonic speeds for a second time following its first flight last month, and this time ...