Boom’s XB-1 exceeded Mach 1 three times during its Jan. 28 flight.
Credit: Boom Supersonic
Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator wound down after its first supersonic flight on Jan. 28 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in...
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