Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)
The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air & Space Port in southeastern California at about 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT; 10:50 a.m. local time in California).
How Boom’s XB-1 cracked the code for silent supersonic flight
American firm Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has once again reached supersonic speeds without producing an audible boom, following its milestone flight on January 28 this year. The aircraft is the first piloted non-military plane to break the sound barrier since Concorde’s retirement in 2003.
XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.
Supersonic Overture beckons as Boom concludes XB-1 flight-test programme
US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic is expecting to reach design freeze on the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft in about a week, as flight-testing of its experimental XB-1 jet concludes. The XB-1 departed on its 13th and final flight on 10 February,
Boom Supersonic: XB-1 breaks the sound barrier for the second and last time
Boom XB-1 broke the sound barrier again at the end of the test campaign. The next step for Boom Supersonic is to develop a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier without producing audible sonic boom
According to the US company, the most recent and final test flight of XB-1 on February 10 also achieved supersonic speeds without making a boom. Boom Supersonic plans to apply the lessons learned from the XB-1 test flights to its future commercial airliner,
Supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier in second test flight with quiet sonic boom
Aerospace startup Boom says they've proven quiet supersonic flight is possible with their passenger airplanes after a successful second test flight.
How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaks sound barrier 3 times during final test flight
GREENSBORO, N.C. — 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.
Supersonic goes boomless.
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