Watch ‘son of Concorde’ prototype break sound barrier for first time
Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ago, and paves the way for the return of commercial supersonic flights aboard Overture, possibly before the end of this decade.
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
A supersonic jet nicknamed the 'Son of the Concorde' has officially traveled ... but saw XB-1 break the sound barrier two times during the flight. Aviation startup, Boom, said XB-1 is paving ...
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