Inside the groundbreaking design of Boom Supersonic’s ultrafast jet
Boom Supersonic built a supersonic plane for a fraction of the cost of NASA's X-59. Now all that's left to do is build it ...
Virgin Atlantic Concorde: Sir Richard Branson's Quixotic Supersonic Quest
A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.
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What Was The Convair 990 Coronado Jet And Why Did It Become A Failure?
Convair's speed record was only broken by the Concorde in 1996 when it hit Mach 2.04 while flying from New York to London. Today, only two other subsonic passenger jets have beaten Convair's mark ...
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‘Son of Concorde’ jet breaks sound barrier with ‘NO sonic boom’ in stunning snap with hope for 1.5hr NYC to London trips
The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic ... journey time between London and New York City to as low as 1.5 hours ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
The American-built civil supersonic jet is made from carbon fibre ... and previously claimed it would fly from London to New York in 3.5 hours, the same as Concorde. An Overture “Superfactory ...
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New ‘Concorde’ prepares for first supersonic flight
A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator is set to exceed Mach 1 (770 ...
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Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
Several companies are working to come up with new supersonic jets that would be more fuel efficient — and create fewer climate-changing emissions — than the Concorde. Boom's founder and CEO Blake ...