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Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time
Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s prototype test plane, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier today three times during its 12th flight.
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Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrier
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...
Boom Supersonic’s X-B1 Plane Breaks Sound Barrier, Bringing Supersonic Travel Closer to Reality
The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...
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NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom
Less: The nose of the airplane and the tail of the airplane put out the strongest sonic shocks normally. And that's the boom that you hear. And then there's a whole bunch of smaller shocks along ...
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Sonic boom—fighter plane breaking sound barrier—startles players at RG
PARIS (AP) — A tennis player at the French Open was visibly startled by a sonic boom Wednesday just as he ... the cause of the noise: a fighter plane breaking the sound barrier.