Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
Winston-Salem Journal5d
Sigh of relief: Boom's successful first supersonic flight heartens local, state supporters
skepticism around Boom’s high-risk, high-reward effort to revive commercial trans-Atlantic supersonic flight by the end of 2029, as well as make trans-Pacific service available for the first time.
MIT Technology Review2d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
Runway Girl5d
Great expectations for supersonic travel as XB-1 breaks sound barrier
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...
pittsburghmagazine.com5d
Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
AOL3d
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
It’s the first step in Boom’s ambitious goal to have supersonic ... These disturbances move at the speed of sound. In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form shock waves around ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...