First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...
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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 ...
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First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
“XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology ... “The future of aviation is here and now,” Amy Marino Spowart, president and CEO of the National Aeronautic Association ...