'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...
MIT Technology Review7d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week ...
Independent Tribune13d
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
techtimes12d
Boom XB-1 Test Flight Went Supersonic, With iPhone and Starlink Helping Livestream the Moment
It took Boom Supersonic plenty of years to achieve its debut test flight, centering on this world's first civil supersonic jet made in the US, and also ... which was small enough to fit in ...
The Droid Guy13d
Startup Used Formula 1’s Secret To Build Supersonic Jet Flies New York to London in 3.5 Hours
In a world where speed is often synonymous with progress, a small startup with just 140 employees has made a groundbreaking leap by creating the first American supersonic jet to break the sound ...
Mint13d
Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier - Here’s what it means for air travel
American aerospace startup Boom Supersonic achieved a historic milestone by breaking the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator jet. The monumental test flight ... “A small band of talented ...