Ten months later Long delay The first subconic flight took place in the last MarchBoom supersonic's prototype test plane, XB -1, broke the sound barrier three times during its twelfth flight. XB-1 is a small-party performance version of large overcharge airlineer boom, which eventually wants to build 64 passengers on supersonic international flights at the speed up to 1.7, which is similar to service Had introduced it before retiring. 2003.
After flying from Mojav Air and Space Port in California, the main test pilot of the boom, Triston Brandenberg, made the XB-1 at an altitude of 34,000 feet before the top speed of 1.1 (about 844 mph) for about four minutes. Flew Today's flight not only broke the sound speed by the performing aircraft of the boom not only, this is also the first time a civilian aircraft has gone supersonic. Concord was built as a joint venture between the governments of UK and France, not a private company.
The XB-1 broke the sound barrier two additional times during its return and offspring. Today's Test flight took place in the aircraft, which is known as Bell X -1 supersonic corridor (first named after the sound barrier) and lasted for about 34 minutes. The 63-foot tall aircraft is powered by a three general electric J85-15 turbojet engine, but the company itself developed and create four engines to provide power to the large overcharged airliner after the company partnership with the boom in 2022 is planned.
During its initial testing flight on March 22, 2024, it was scheduled to take place in 2021-XB-1 achieved a top speed of just 283 mph. The most recent test flight took place early on January 10, 2025 earlier this year, when Brandenberg had a top speed of Mach 0.95 and a height of 29,481 feet.
Although its first successful supersonic flight boom is a milestone for supersonic, there are still a lot of development and test flights for the company that are required to achieve their current goal of taking their first flight by 2030. As of May 2024, the company has raised. $ 700 million more United Airlines sold 15 supersonic aircraft (With 35 more buying options) and 20 American Airlines.