Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks 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 ...
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Who needs Concorde? Storm Eowyn's powerful jet stream propels BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
The fastest ever commercial transatlantic flight was in 1996 when a British Airways Concorde flew from New York JFK to Heathrow in two hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds. It comes as millions of ...
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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
In the end, only Air France and British Airways ever flew the Concorde. Putting the aircraft into passenger operation presented yet another challenge, however, as the costs to power such a fuel ...
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Concorde touches down in US
A British Airways Concorde today landed in New York carrying its first transatlantic passengers since the aircraft was grounded following last year's crash. The supersonic jet arrived at John F ...
London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
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'New Concorde' attempts to break sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Former chief Concorde pilot for British Airways, Mike Bannister, said: “I’ve been waiting over 20 years for the return of supersonic speeds, and XB-1’s historic flight is a major landmark ...
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Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
The US company is seeking to revive the technology more than two decades after Concorde was retired by British Airways amid struggles to make the finances add up. Boom hopes to tap into what it ...
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‘Son of Concorde’ jet to blast off on first-ever flight at supersonic speeds today with special event
On the ground, Boom's chief test flight engineer, Nick Sheryka, and advisor Greg Krauland, will be joined by former chief Concorde pilot at British Airways, Mike Bannister. “Even people who have ...
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Wild Weather Pushes Passenger Jets Over The Speed Of Sound
Supersonic air travel has been reserved for military pilots since Concorde went out of service ... broken more frequently in the future. Another BA flight from New York to Lisbon reached a ground ...