Ten months after Long The first trip occurred without sound last MarchBoom Supersonic, XB-1 test aircraft aircraft today three times during its twelfth flight. XB-1 is a smaller demonstration version of Boottric Opertter Boom, which eventually wants to build 64 passengers on international ultrasound at speeds of up to Mach 1.7, similar to the service provided by Concord before its retirement 2003.
After starting from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California, Boom, Tristan Brandenburg test, XB-1, flew 34,000 feet before it reaches a top speed of 1.1 (about 844 mph) for about four minutes. Today’s flight is not the first time that Boom’s Tomertator has broken the speed of sound, but also the first time that it became a secret civil plane. Concorde was built as a joint project between the governments of the United Kingdom and France, not a private company.
XB-1 broke the audio barrier twice two times while returning. Today’s test flight in the airspace known as the fastest Bell X-1 corridor of sound (named after the first plane to break the sound barrier) and lasted about 34 minutes. The 63-foot plane is operated by three turbojet j85-15 engines, but the company plans to develop and build the four engines needed to operate the larger OverTure plane on its own after the Boom partnership with Rolls-Royce ended in 2022.
During the initial test trip on March 22, 2024-originally scheduled for 2021-XB-1, a top speed of 283 miles per hour. The latest test trip was conducted earlier this year on January 10, 2025, when Brandenburg reached a top speed of 0.95 and a height of 29,481 feet.
Although her first successful journey is a milestone for Boom Supersong, there are still a lot of flights to develop and test the company to achieve its current goal of taking its first trip by 2030. 700 million dollars and has it 15 aircraft were sold to United Airlines (With the option to buy another 35) and 20 for American airlines.
