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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaks sound barrier 3 times

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air & Space Port in southeastern California at about 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT; 10:50 a.m. local time in California).

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Boom Supersonic: Our Flights Can Break Sound Barrier Without a Sonic Boom

During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a boom being detected by microphones on the desert floor below.

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier in second test flight with quiet sonic boom

Aerospace startup Boom says they've proven quiet supersonic flight is possible with their passenger airplanes after a successful second test flight.

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Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California. The company’s XB-1 ...

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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel

USA Today16d

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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Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live

Editor's note: Boom Supersonic successfully broke the sound barrier with the XB-1 today in a major milestone. Read our coverage here. Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test ...

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