Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo
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A specialized photo known as the Schlieren image that was produced during a test from Boom Supersonic XB-1 on February 10, 2025. Credit
NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible image of a strict capture emitting from a dark silhouette of the fastest XB-1 of the sound while traveling in front of the sun during a February 10 test trip during which she broke the sound barrier three times.
“This photo makes the invisible visual – the first plane of a civilian secret plane to make the sound barrier,” Blake School, founder and CEO of Boom Afzani, He said in a statement.
The image was not coincidental. It requires ideal conditions and perfect timing. The main test pilot, “Gepetto” Brandenburg, cut a road into a delicate spot on the Mojave desert while NASA picked the snapshot.
“Thanks to the exceptional aviation of Geptetto and our partnership with NASA, we were able to take this iconic image,” Schul continued.
Photo Schlieren image. It was developed in 1864 by the German physicist August ToePler to study the fastest sound movement, and the Schliver Photography is used in aviation engineering today. This method can reveal how light bends over the differences in air pressure during the fastest sound journey.
The XB-1 team created programs using NASA data to direct the pilot on a path where the plane can break the sun. When XB-1 entered the right place, NASA got the image using the Earth’s telescopes with special filters discovering air abnormalities. For this reason the shock waves around the plane are visible in the image.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Jet, the first civilian aircraft in the continental USA. | Credit: Operonic Boom
NASA also collected sound data from the test trip. Boom Supersonic analyzed the data and found that no audio boom had reached the ground. This is noticeable, because the fastest sound trips make them Voice Booms on populated areas In the United States is prohibited.
Boom Supersonic plans to make a sound transit plane with a sound mutation that will not bother people on the floor. This plane would reduce flight times across the country. “We have confirmed that XB-1 did not provide an audio mutation, which paves the way for coastal air flights to the coast by up to 50 % faster,” Schul said in the same statement.
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The test trip on February 10 was the last flight of XB-1. Now Boom Supersonic will take what they have learned from the tests and start building a sounding plane called OverTure.
Last year, Boom Supersonic ended the construction of its super factory in Greenburo, North Carolina, which will eventually pump 66 aircraft provided per year, starting at half that in the beginning. United Airlines, American airlines and Japanese airlines have already orders and applications in the fastest sound plane.
