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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs ...
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Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound
Testing data from the XB-1, which Boom says is the world’s first independently developed civil supersonic jet, is intended to ...
NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...
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Some people heard sonic boom loud and clear following latest launch
"It sounded like a big boom like a big car accident like two cars smashing together,' said Stender. Kihlstom who earned his ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Smashes Speed Record—Near the Speed of Sound
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 hits a new speed milestone of 629 mph, bringing it closer to breaking the sound barrier—setting the ...
Where do the most sonic booms occur and why?
An RAF fighter jet travelling faster than the speed of sound caused a sonic boom in the skies above a county last week.
Inside the plans for a Chinese hypersonic plane that will fly from London to New York in less than two hours
Having spent time working in Shanghai the last time there was talk of a ‘super plane’, Jonathan Margolis gives his verdict on ...
The Sun26d
Sonic boom: Houses shake as RAF fighter jet roars over Norfolk towns after plane declares ‘bomb threat’ on way to London
RAF jets caused a sonic boom as they scrambled to escort a flight into Heathrow Airport after a pilot reported a bomb threat. Two RAF Typhoon jets rushed to intercept Air India flight AC129 ...
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Boom Supersonic just flew its test jet for the first time as it races to build the world's new speediest airliner meet 'baby boom'
Colorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic wants to bring back the era of the Concorde — a beloved faster-than-sound passenger jet that flew for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2003.
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Supersonic 'Son of Concorde' jet that could fly London to NYC in under 4 hours smashes key speed test
A supersonic jet plane that could slash flight times in half has reached record speeds in its latest test flight. Boom Technology's XB-1 plane was performing the seventh of its ten subsonic test ...