The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...

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Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...

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On Jan. 27, the XB-1 aircraft, the brainchild of Blake Scholl's company Boom Supersonic, is expected to break the sound ...

In short, wings swept back reduces drag and increases speed; wings swept forward increases drag, reduces speed, and increases stability and lift. The result is an airframe that is more versatile ...

The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight ... So while XB-1 didn’t break the Sound Barrier, it came very close, and parts of the aircraft were ...

Just how fast it goes depends on its altitude ... but if they want to remain faster than the speed of sound, they usually have to periodically engage it. However, engineers worldwide have ...