First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
- Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight over the Mojave Desert, reaching Mach 1.1 or about 845 mph.
- The XB-1 accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
- Boom Supersonic plans to develop a commercially viable supersonic airliner, the Overture, capable of carrying 64-80 passengers across the Atlantic in about 3-1/2 hours.
- Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl stated that supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived.
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