Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, has successfully executed its first flight over Mojave, California, flown by chief test pilot Bill “Doc” Shoemaker. Two decades after Concorde’s retirement, Boom says the first flight of XB-1 marks the return of a civil supersonic aircraft to the skies and paves the way for the revival of mainstream supersonic travel onboard Overture, Boom’s sustainable supersonic airliner
The Boom supersonic XB-1’s first test flight
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