Boom’s XB-1 aircraft nears year-end target to break sound barrier on path to future Greensboro-made jet
Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 ...
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Mk-II Aurora Breaks the Sound Barrier: A New Era for Supersonic Civilian Aviation
For the first time in over 20 years, a civilian aircraft has surpassed the sound barrier. The rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora, ...
Far off? Maybe. But North Shore mayors push plan to curb supersonic air travel noise
In 1977, the Port Authority was forced to lift a 19-month ban on supersonic transport after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to ...
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Rocket plane blasts through sound barrier on route to hypersonic flight
Dawn Aerospace has flown its rocket-powered aircraft past the speed of sound as it prepares for its first commercial flight ...
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Civil Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier for First Time Since Concorde
In 2003, British Airways and Air France retired Concorde—history’s only successful supersonic airliner. More than two decades ...