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Boom has been given permission to go supersonic by the US FAA. The first-ever Special Flight Authorization (SFA) to Exceed Mach means the company’s XB-1 prototype will be allowed to break the sound barrier during its test flights.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Video: Boom’s XB-1 cleared for supersonic test flights
A supersonic drone that will be propelled by a revolutionary new engine has taken to the skies for the first time. When Venus Aerospace’s aircraft does go supersonic on a later date, it will be powered by a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Cont… Continue reading Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine
The first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde retired two decades ago has taken to the skies. On March 22, Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Video: Next-gen supersonic aircraft takes flight
How fast is the gas coming out from those little duster tubes of canned air? Perhaps faster than one might think! It’s supersonic (video, embedded below) as [Cylo’s Garage] shows …read more Continue reading Canned Air is Unexpectedly Supersonic
In a bid to outdo the world speed record of the famous Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, aerospace technology company Hermeus has completed ground testing of its first fully-integrated prototype vehicle called Quarterhorse Mark 0.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Quarterhorse Mk 0 takes first steps toward breaking SR-71 speed record
In a bid to outdo the world speed record of the famous Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, aerospace technology company Hermeus has completed ground testing of its first fully-integrated prototype vehicle called Quarterhorse Mark 0.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Quarterhorse Mk 0 takes first steps toward breaking SR-71 speed record
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Con… Continue reading X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
After a 20-year hiatus, the return of commercial supersonic flight is another step closer after Boom Supersonic announced that its prototype faster-than-sound jet has undergone ground tests and won an experimental airworthiness certificate from the US … Continue reading Boom’s XB-1 supersonic prototype starts taxi tests
At this year’s Paris Air Show, Boom Supersonic announced a raft of new supplier agreements that reveal technical specifications for the company’s planned Overture supersonic commercial airliner and its custom Symphony engine.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Boom reveals supersonic specs at Paris Air Show
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane designed to explore net-zero aviation emissions and faster, more economical passenger flight near the speed of sound has been named the X-66A by the US Air Force.Continue Rea… Continue reading NASA’s X-66A transonic plane doesn’t have a perfect wing, but it tries