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Hoping to revive faster-than-sound passenger travel, Boom Supersonic aims to manufacturer a fleet of jets at the Greensboro airport. NC-bound Boom Supersonic just completed its fifth test flight ...
Boom Supersonic expects to break the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, the company confirmed, as the jet startup building a North Carolina superfactory readies its next test flight.
The Boom XB-1 "Baby Boom" is a one-third-scale trijet supersonic demonstrator designed by Boom Technology as part of the development of the Boom Overture supersonic transport airliner. Powered by three General Electric J85 engines, [ 2 ] it is designed to maintain a speed of Mach 2.2, with over 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of range.
Boom plans to install equipment at its new Greensboro facility through at least the spring. The company said it would test the XB-1 exclusively in the Mojave, but aims to trial Overtures in North ...
The airline says the order would give it the world’s largest fleet of supersonic jets. American Airlines orders Boom Supersonic jets to be made in Greensboro Skip to main content
In November 2024, Boom Supersonic announced that the XB-1 had completed the eighth out of ten planned subsonic flights. [14] The XB-1 is considered a precursor to Boom's first supersonic commercial airliner. [15] The 64-seat aircraft, Overture, will be the first supersonic passenger jet since the British-French Concorde which was retired in ...
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See which airlines are lining up to buy the future supersonic jets, which Boom says can cruise twice as fast as modern passenger jets. Boom Supersonic shares new jet details as work on Greensboro ...