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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk
NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as Concorde ...
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XB-1 Success Ushers in New Era of Supersonic Passenger Air Travel
The XB-1 breakthrough is seen as a major advancement in the development of Boom’s commercial passenger aircraft, the Overture ...
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Will Boom Overture become the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde?
The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with ...
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Will the Boom Overture become the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde?
The Overture has the potential to revolutionise air travel thanks to its top speed of Mach 1.7 (around 2,100 km/h), nearly twice as fast as current commercial jets. Overture will run entirely on ...
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