A prototype of a passenger jet designed to succeed the supersonic Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday above the Mojave Desert in California. Why it matters: Exceeding ...

A small prototype ... The era of supersonic commercial flying "came to an abrupt end" in 2003 with the retirement of Concorde, said the Financial Times. The revolutionary aircraft's high fuel ...

Boom Supersonic has completed the second test flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator. On August 26, 2024, the prototype aircraft took off with Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg at the ...

A bill to repeal the ban on supersonic flights over the U.S. could increase the demand for the gas-guzzling jets from around ...

“We’ve got the only operational, non-military supersonic jet in the world,” he said. “That’s the XB-1 prototype. We’ve demonstrated we can do it without a sonic boom.” Boom ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 ...

a former Amazon executive and pilot. He said tickets on his supersonic planes would cost the same as a journey on business class. “Sixty years after the dawn of the jet age, we’re still flying ...

Building an operational supersonic ... aircraft. Prior to the Vietnam War, most of the legendary planes flown by the U.S. military used prop engines. That changed in 1953 when the YF-100A ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...

Boom Supersonic carried ... size of a small fighter jet and has just one seat. It's meant to test various systems that Boom hopes will translate to its full-size prototype. That aircraft, dubbed ...

That stands as the fastest speed achieved to date by a jet-powered aircraft. The XB-1 is a prototype ... first supersonic flight,” said Blake Scholl, Boom’s founder and chief executive.

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. "I think aviation has always been ...