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The Concorde Flew for the Last Time 20 Years Ago. Now, a New Supersonic Jet Is Poised to Hit the Skies.

With the promise of supersonic business jets about five years away, yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the last Concorde flight. The joint project between Britain and France, which made its ...
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A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows

Aerospace company Boom Supersonic is working to develop a new supersonic passenger jet. The Overture is designed to carry 88 people and fly across the Atlantic in less than four hours. Some experts ...
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A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.

Denver-based Boom Supersonic wants to revive Mach-speed travel with its Overture plane. Overture would feature improved efficiency, safety, and a quieter engine than Concorde. Boom's innovations ...
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Boom Supersonic completes construction of the Overture superfactory

Boom Supersonic marked the completion of construction on its Overture Superfactory with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 17, 2024. Located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Supersonic passenger flights with no sonic boom felt on the ground? Boom Supersonic thinks so after recent test flight.

Achieving supersonic flight over land may be within the reach of Boom Supersonic’s Overture aircraft, a potentially historic development that could revolutionize the commercial passenger airline ...
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This Is America's First-Ever Supersonic Airliner Factory, Boom Overture to Be Made Here

It will soon be 21 years since the world's first and only supersonic passenger aircraft, the Concorde, made its final flight. Enough time for some people to start missing the thrills of traveling ...
Fast Company

Boom Supersonic’s flight plan has to be measured in years

A small airplane that looks like a fighter jet but doesn’t bear a single weapon could be a pathfinder towards a reinvention of commercial aviation—or a flying footnote destined for a spot in a museum.
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"We've Proven We Can Do It": Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Breaks Sound Barrier In Historic Flight

Boom Supersonic reached a new milestone in its work toward building the world’s fastest commercial airliner on Tuesday. The next-generation manufacturer's demonstrator aircraft for the highly ...
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Boom Supersonic and Latecoere Sign Strategic Supplier Agreement for Overture and Symphony

DENVER & TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, announced today it has selected tier-one aerospace leader Latecoere to ...
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Boom Supersonic accelerates Overture aircraft and engine development

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, today announced milestones across its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programs at the Farnborough International Airshow. Boom ...