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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JOAN COLLINS on Concorde's heyday: I was seated next to Dodi Fayed. When I asked why he was going to London, he smiled and said: 'I'm looking for a new girlfriend.' Then the ...
I was petrified on my first supersonic flight from New York to London, white-knuckling it all the way, while in awe of the BA Concorde's glamorous flight attendants manoeuvring the trolleys along ...
‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...
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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
In the end, only Air France and British Airways ever flew the Concorde. Putting the aircraft into passenger operation presented yet another challenge, however, as the costs to power such a fuel ...
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BA plans Concorde passenger flights soon
British Airways plans to resume Concorde passenger flights in September, it was revealed today. Air France intends to follow suit a month later, an Anglo-French Concorde working group said after ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...
This Business Jet Is The Concorde Of Private Aviation
While the prospect of commercial supersonic flights is probably at least a decade from becoming a reality due to Boom ...
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‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Former chief Concorde pilot for British Airways, Mike Bannister, said: “I’ve been waiting over 20 years for the return of supersonic speeds, and XB-1’s historic flight is a major landmark ...
The Independent10d
'New Concorde' attempts to break sound barrier on first supersonic flight
Former chief Concorde pilot for British Airways, Mike Bannister, said: “I’ve been waiting over 20 years for the return of supersonic speeds, and XB-1’s historic flight is a major landmark ...
The Daily Telegraph10d
Watch: New ‘Concorde’ breaks the speed of sound for first time
The US company is seeking to revive the technology more than two decades after Concorde was retired by British Airways amid struggles to make the finances add up. Boom hopes to tap into what it ...