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First private-built supersonic plane smashes sound barrier

With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg at the controls, it reached a speed of Mach 1.122. The 12th flight by the company was conducted in a special air corridor over California that's reserved for ...
New Atlas

Boom XB-1 pushes the sound barrier before supersonic flight

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...
CNN

Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight

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Victorville Daily Press

Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...
USA Today

Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph, ...
Fox Business

Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier during test flight

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and ...

Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks the sound barrier for the first time

Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane ...
WTEN

First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A sleek white aircraft became the first ...
IFLScience

How Did The XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing An Audible Sonic Boom?

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaks sound barrier 3 times during final test flight

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 took its last test flight on Monday. The aircraft started its flight around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. It was the 13th and final flight for the aircraft. In January, the aircraft ...
IFLScience

NASA Image Shows XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing Audible Sonic Boom

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