A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...
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How Much First Class Tickets Cost On New $1 Billion Concorde Project
Boom expects the airlines to be profitable at about $5,000 USD a seat, which of course is a high price tag, and the company ...
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This Silent Plane Just Made History
Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde was retired from service in ...
'Baby Boom' – the jet that could bring back supersonic travel
Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based company that made the jet, hailed its test flights as a major milestone towards the ...
Sonic boom breakthrough for planemaker trying to build the next Concorde gets Elon Musk's backing
Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.
Why did Concorde stop flying?
US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
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Boom boasts supersonic success with XB-1
More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, is a small US start-up now on course to bring back supersonic air travel?
‘Boomless’ supersonic flights ‘just months away’ as US airlines rush to order jets that fly twice as fast as Boeing 747s
SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde was retired from service in 2003. It’s the first step in Boom’s ambitious goal to have ...