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NASA Makes History By Breaking The Sound Barrier In Near Total Silence

On a cool October morning in 2025, a sleek jet streaked across the sky above California’s Mojave Desert. This was NASA and ...
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Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...
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Aircraft shatters sound barrier without sonic boom

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.
Ars Technica

For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound

High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time when Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator reached Mach 1.122. Piloted by a ...
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Seismic data can identify aircraft by type

Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft ...
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Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound

Seven down. Three to go. Boom Supersonic—the developer of a 64-to-80-passenger commercial airliner that flies faster than the speed of sound—last week set speed and altitude records with its XB-1 test ...