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  2. Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to ...

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    The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California, made it the first civil supersonic jet made in the U.S. to break the sound barrier. Manned by Boom Supersonic's ...

  3. Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier during test flight

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    Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...

  4. ‘New Concorde’: Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first ...

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    Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft climbed over 35,000ft on Tuesday before accelerating to Mach 1.1 speed and then breaking the sound barrier in three high-speed runs spanning 35 minutes over the ...

  5. Sound barrier - Wikipedia

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    The sound barrier or sonic barrier is the large increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft first approached the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier, making faster speeds very difficult or impossible.

  6. File:Yeager supersonic flight 1947.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. The plane that carried Yeager, the X-1, now resides at the Smithsonian Institution. ... Acoustics/Sonic Boom ...

  7. Sonic boom breakthrough for planemaker trying to build the ...

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    Boom Supersonic announced that it could fly faster than the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Elon Musk backed the CEO's calls for regulatory changes to allow supersonic flights over land. A ...

  8. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] These subscale aircraft incorporated jet engines of the Northrop T-38A, fly-by-wire systems of the F-16, landing gear of the A-10, and environmental systems of the C-130. [18] By bringing together existing technology and components, Lockheed built two demonstrators under budget, at $35 million for both aircraft, and in record time. [ 18 ]

  9. Open Source: NC-bound startup is about to fly ... - AOL

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    The supersonic commercial jet company with ambitious plans in North Carolina is set to break the sound barrier within a week. ... high-altitude U-2 jet, and later, the SR-71. ... hears the sonic boom.