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Boom Supersonic says its XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom on the ground below. CEO Blake Scholl hopes supersonic passenger flight will eventually be allowed ...
Revival of supersonic air travel is a subject which has largely been relegated to 'silly season' status in the two decades ...
Boom Supersonic says XB-1 aircraft flew over Mach 1 with no audible sonic boom on the ground below The company's founder and CEO Blake Scholl spoke to Fox News Digital on Monday.
The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...
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 ...
"XB-1's first sonic boom at Mach 1.1 probably won't reach the ground. We plan to fly at 34,000 ft., so the energy will likely dissipate over the roughly six vertical miles between the aircraft and ...
Retired in February, it eclipsed Mach 1 six times across two test flights. But you wouldn’t be able to tell from the ground. Boom’s XB-1 Baby Boom hit a top speed of Mach 1.12 on its second ...
The company says the Overture will be able to fly at speeds up to Mach 1.3 without an audible boom, something that could reduce the duration of cross-country flights by as many as 90 minutes.
Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?
Once ready for delivery, the Overture airliner will be able to carry 64 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7, ... During the sonic boom tests over OKC in 1964, ...
Once ready for delivery, the Overture airliner will be able to carry 64 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7, ... During the sonic boom tests over OKC in 1964, ...