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 ...
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Boom Supersonic: Our Flights Can Break Sound Barrier Without a Sonic Boom
A NASA study (PDF) of a series of test flights in 2012 with an F-18 fighter jet established that boomless operation ...
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This Company Is Taking the ‘Boom’ Out of Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 creates a sonic boom inaudible from the ground below when flying at the exact right speed and altitude ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Remember the fighter jets? When a plane travels supersonically, its shock waves propagate to the ground, causing loud disturbances called sonic booms. In extreme cases they can shatter windows and ...
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Watch: Boom Supersonic jet breaks sound barrier without sonic booms in final test
Boom CEO Blake Scholl confirmed that on January 28, the XB-1 successfully broke the sound barrier three times without ...
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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 ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Remember the fighter jets? When a plane travels supersonically ... In the early 1970s, sonic boom concerns led the United States government to ban supersonic passenger flight over land in the ...
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Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl discusses his company and 'Boomless Cruise' supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl, whose company is working to develop supersonic passenger aircraft, discuses how ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
Remember the fighter jets? When a plane travels supersonically ... In the early 1970s, sonic boom concerns led the United States government to ban supersonic passenger flight over land in the ...