Boom breaks sound barrier
The state bills itself as the "First in Flight" and PTI will be the home of the Boom Supersonic jet manufacturing facility called 'The Overture Superfactory." The company announced it was moving to North Carolina in 2022 and a year later, the groundbreaking was held in January 2023 at PTI.
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the ... The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its highly anticipated 12th test flight.
MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...
XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, according to Boom Supersonic.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port. This milestone marks a significant step toward commercial supersonic travel.
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier on Tuesday, an accomplishment that will send figurative shockwaves to the Piedmont Triad. “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates
If successful, it could pave the way for the first US-built commercial supersonic jet to enter the market, reigniting the dream of high-speed passenger travel that was first brought to life by the iconic Concorde, a joint UK-French enterprise in the 1970s.
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