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Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk
The Concorde jet, which was grounded in 2003 ... damaging a tyre that crashed into the underside of the wing, rupturing a ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
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Boom XB-1's successful test flight revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The Concorde jet, which was grounded in 2003 ... damaging a tire that crashed into the underside of the wing, rupturing a ...
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First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the Concorde, which flew over the ... LI's best chicken wings Credit: Newsday Wrong-way driver in fatal crash sentenced ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed supersonic jet. The company is also working on a supersonic passenger airliner.
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed supersonic jet. The... A private company aiming to build the first ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
However, the jet was criticized for its inefficiency. Compared to a Boeing 747, the delta-wing Concorde guzzled four times as much fuel and carried only one-fifth as many passengers — around 100.