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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 ...
Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...
This startup is closer than ever to reviving the Concorde era of supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
New ‘Concorde’ prepares for first supersonic flight
A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ...
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‘New Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight, as owner 'plans commercial trips'
A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test ...
‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic ’s XB-1 aircraft climbed over 35,000 feet on Tuesday before accelerating to Mach 1.1 speed and breaking the ...
London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work.View on ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
In 1996, Concorde set a speed record of just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds between New York and London. In 2000, a ...
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‘Son of Concorde’ jet soars at supersonic speed for the first time ever paving way toward 3.5 hour London-NYC flights
THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached ... where Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.