‘Son of Concorde’ jet completes final supersonic test flight as work begins on the world’s fastest new airliner
SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...
'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
The test flight might have come "years later than expected and lasted just 12 minutes", said The European, but it could ...
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier ... On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Last week, American company Boom Supersonic ... demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde was retired from service ...
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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Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde ... crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on ...
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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 ... crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on ...
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently ... On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel and exploded shortly after takeoff in Paris, killing ...
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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
As a supersonic plane speeds through the air ... On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel and exploded shortly after takeoff in Paris, killing all 109 people on board and ...
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 ...