This Business Jet Is The Concorde Of Private Aviation
While the prospect of commercial supersonic flights is probably at least a decade from becoming a reality due to Boom Supersonic's extremely slow development process, there is a strong likelihood that ...
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 ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
According to Boom, the carrier has received 130 pre-orders ... 2024 and plans to produce 33 of the supersonic aircraft annually. Former chief Concorde pilot for British Airways, Mike Bannister ...
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Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today, for the first time since Concorde was retired in 2003, a commercial-type aircraft, the XB-1 ... and preorders have been received from carriers including American Airlines, Japan Airlines ...
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'New Concorde' attempts to break sound barrier on first supersonic flight
According to Boom, the carrier has received 130 pre-orders ... 2024 and plans to produce 33 of the supersonic aircraft annually. Former chief Concorde pilot for British Airways, Mike Bannister ...
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‘Son of Concorde’ test pilot reveals update on jet’s first supersonic flight as London-NY trips in 3.5 hours edge closer
There have been no commercial aircraft capable of supersonic flight since the Concorde - which is why airspace is so limited. The only aircraft to have reached those speeds have either been ...
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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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US supersonic aircraft nearly breaks sound barrier in test flight over Mojave Desert
which it claims is capable of flying at Mach 4 – roughly two times faster than the Concorde. NASA, meanwhile, is developing its "quiet" X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. The space agency ...
'New Concorde' attempts to break 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 barrier – and its first supersonic test flight takes off today (28 January) ...