Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...
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The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
There is every indication that supersonic planes are on their way back, more than two decades after Concorde last took to the ...
Boom Supersonic has been carefully designing the ... Indeed, failing to receive such certification limited Concorde’s routes to London-New York and Paris-New York, ultimately contributing ...
Boom Supersonic independently designed and built ... The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144, were not private ventures. While the cost of the Tu-144 is ...