Boom Achieves Supersonic Flight

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What’s going on: The Boom Supersonic demonstrator aircraft X1-B, passed the sound barrier for the first time this week! This comes as a major breakthrough for the Colorado-based company toward its goal of developing commercial supersonic flight. This was the first civil supersonic jet made in America to ever pass the sound barrier. Its maximum speed was Mach 1.12, or about 660 knots true airspeed.

Tell me more: Boom supersonic is using the X1-B demonstrator as a test bed for the Overture, a 80 person, mach 1.7 commercial airliner. Boom has raised over $600 million in investments and has recently finished building it’s Overture super factory in Greensboro, North Carolina. Boom intends to finish FAA certification of the Overture in 2030 and has already secured 130 pre-orders for the aircraft.

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