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Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
In 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first human to break the sound barrier when he pushed the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 during a flight over the Mojave Desert. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is a stepping stone ...
Popular Science18d
Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom
Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last ... experimental plane while flying as high as 36,514 feet above the Mojave Desert. This time, however, the XB-1 demonstrated another important ...
The Independent1mon
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...
Royal Aeronautical Society15d
Boom boasts supersonic success with XB-1
More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, is a small US start-up now on course to bring back supersonic air travel?
Richmond29d
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 ...