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The Quiet Concorde - Supersonic Spike S-512 - No Sonic Boom, No Problem!
One of the biggest problems facing supersonic aircraft today is the sonic boom issue. Once an airplane goes fast enough, the ...
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Meet The New Concorde - Virgin Galactic Mach 3.0 Supersonic Jet
Virgin Galactic, a brand of Sir Richard Branson famous for its low-earth orbit rocket ship, has decided to throw its hat into the aviation market place. Specifically, with a supersonic jet capable of ...
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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 ‘son of Concorde’ prototype break sound barrier for first time
Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ...
‘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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Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
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 ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde was retired from service in 2003. It’s the first step in Boom’s ambitious goal to have ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
The aircraft, flown by Boom’s chief test pilot ... It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial ...
Supersonic jet dubbed ‘Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier for first time with 844 mph flight
The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.
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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert
The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor, will be ...