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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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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
The 1973 stock market crash and an oil crisis in the same year made airlines rather cautious about aircraft that consumed a lot of fuel. Reports suggested that Concorde achieved a per-passenger ...
Daily Mail1d
BA plans Concorde passenger flights soon
The group also revealed that the supersonic plane's manufacturers would apply on August 15 for the necessary permission to fly the aircraft commercially again following last year's Concorde crash ...
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‘New Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight, as owner 'plans commercial trips'
The Concorde, retired in 2003 because of an infamous crash that killed over 100 people and high running costs, was the only supersonic commercial jet that ever flew, boasting a top speed of Mach 2 ...
Trump's tariffs, American Airline crash, DeepSeek's AI crash
Trump’s White House juggled a devastating American Airline flight-Black Hawk helicopter crash, a Chinese AI threat and looming tariffs just this week alone, making for a busy start to his four-year ...
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 ...
Daily Mail5d
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 ...
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk
Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk - The aircraft developed by Boom ...
CBS News1d
What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
It appears the chopper was flying nearly 200 feet higher than it should have been at the time of the crash, officials said. One air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters and some ...
CBS News4d
These are the deadliest plane crashes in U.S. history
Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century. At least 28 bodies had been ...
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Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French ...
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DC plane crash marks first major commercial crash in US since Buffalo crash in 2009
There were 49 people killed on Flight 3407 near Buffalo in 2009. The crash involving a regional aircraft and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday ...