The XB-1 team’s most memorable moments, direct from the hangar. “One of the most memorable parts of this program was when we ran all three engines in max afterburner on the ground with no fuel pumps on.”—Steven Ripple, Systems Flight Test Engineer | Boom Supersonic

Listen to the comms between Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg and the control room for flight ten. Narrated by Nick Sheryka, Chief Flight Test Engineer and the test conductor for the flight, as he walks through how the team responds even when the mission does not go exactly as planned. | Boom Supersonic