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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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Concorde had a capacity of up to 128 passengers and cruised at Mach 2. It regularly travelled from London to New York in ...
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.
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Meet The New Concorde - Virgin Galactic Mach 3.0 Supersonic Jet
Virgin Galactic, a brand of Sir Richard Branson famous for its low-earth orbit rocket ship, has decided to throw its hat into the aviation market place. Specifically, with a supersonic jet capable of ...
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Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003
In 2003, I was lucky enough to be on one of the last flights of Concorde. We went supersonic - Mach 2 - up to 60,000 feet over to Bermuda and back from New York's JFK Airport in, get this ...
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A first since Concorde, Mach 1 on a civil aircraft
This will enable travel between New York and London in 3h30. Concorde did it at Mach 2 in less than 3 hours! Nevertheless, the technology deployed should enable the development of a more ...
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What It’s Like To Fly Supersonic In 7 Different Aircraft
When I flew on Concorde in 2003, one of its last flights, we hit Mach 2.0 and climbed to 60,000 feet. Its maximum test speed was reported at Mach 2.23, with a ceiling of 63,700 feet. We got pretty ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
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The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
The Mach 1 milestone was reached on the ... the subsonic airplanes that are flying today." In 1996, Concorde set a speed record of just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds between New York and ...