Boom Supersonic breaks sound barrier for the first time
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 scale prototype finally broke the sound barrier during a livestream event—not once, not twice, but three times.
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.
The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...
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