London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...
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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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What Actually Happened to the Concorde
The Concorde, a symbol of supersonic travel, met a tragic end with the crash of Flight 4590. This story details the ...
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‘New Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight, as owner 'plans commercial trips'
A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test ...
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Concorde tyres 'had burst 57 times before'
There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering burst or punctured tyres before last July's Air France crash, according to an interim report by accident investigators. Of these incidents ...
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Boom XB-1 test flight – ‘new concorde’ prototype jet smashes through sound barrier
Boom's XB-1 jet breaks the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger travel closer to reality. Find out more about this ...
‘Son of Concorde’ test pilot reveals update on jet’s first supersonic flight as London-NY trips in 3.5 hours edge closer
THE XB-1 ‘Son of Concorde’ jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, ...
History Today: How the Concorde took to the skies on this day
January 21 is remembered as the day the first commercial Concorde flight took off from London and Paris Airports ...
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Crash Concorde 'almost killed Chirac'
French president Jacques Chirac was almost killed in the Concorde crash in Paris in July 2000, a new book claims. On that day, the burning Air France Concorde passed within seven yards of an Air ...
GDC's annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of 'triple-A developers' are working on live service games
Across all respondents, 16% said they're working on a live service game, indicative of the fact that they tend to be ...
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Concorde
Parts of the engines and nose cone were made in Scotland. After an air crash at Paris in 2000, economic factors led to Concorde's retirement in 2003 when the Concorde G-BOAA, which was the first ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype jet breaks sound barrier for first time
Boom Supersonic hopes the XB-1 will pave the way for the development of Overture, the company's supersonic commercial airliner.