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If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier ...

a "boomless cruise" option in which its planned Overture supersonic airliner would fly a little faster than the speed of ...

Boom Supersonic says its XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom on the ground below. CEO Blake Scholl hopes supersonic passenger flight will eventually be allowed in ...

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XB-1 reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122 – becoming the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet. (Watch in the video player above). Boom’s ...