Supersonic Commercial Air Travel Is On Its Way
Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...
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Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight over Mojave Desert
The sound barrier was broken for the first time in 1947, when Air Force pilot Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a rocket-propelled experimental aircraft across the Mojave Desert -- taking off from the ...
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South Korean plane crash probe focuses on bird strike, runway barrier
Jeju Air Flight 2216 belly-landed at Muan International ... its landing gear or wing flaps deployed, then hit a concrete barrier at the end of the runway and burst into flames, video showed.
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What Is the Boom XB-1? Civil Jet Makes History by Breaking Sound Barrier
Tuesday's test flight took place from the Mojave Air & Space Port. The location was symbolic, as it was the same California airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time ...
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Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert
Brandenburg would break the sound barrier twice more during his roughly 20 minutes in the air — his journey monitored by more than two dozen engineers in a control room on the ground.