Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
115th Fighter Wing brings the boom in evening flights
The Wisconsin Air National Guard moves its training to evenings this week. People in the flight path may hear jets later than usual.
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Feb. 3)
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:05 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 12-7 mission, which deployed 21 more satellites into the company's ever-growing internet constellation in low-Earth ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier ...
Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert
It’s not clear where the sonic boom created by the X-1 will be heard ... dynamic pressure becomes a key factor — it’s ...
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X-59 aircraft designed to quiet sonic booms optimised thanks to Collier Aerospace’s design & analysis software
This experimental aircraft from Lockheed ... was imposed due to loud sonic booms. Thanks to its unique geometry, particularly the elongated nose cone, the X-59 is expected to generate a barely audible ...
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Open Source: NC-bound startup is about to fly supersonic. We asked pilots what it’s like.
No one inside the plane hears the sonic boom. One unique aspect of supersonic flight has nothing to do with speed, but instead altitude. Up around 50,000 feet, Drake said he could see the ...