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San Antonio's key role in high-speed air travel
San Antonio will have a hand in the effort to resurrect high-speed air travel, a quest that recently hit a new milestone. Why ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
The Columbian4d
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
Runway Girl4d
Great expectations for supersonic travel as XB-1 breaks sound barrier
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...
pittsburghmagazine.com4d
Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
Travel Weekly4d
Will Boom Overture become the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde?
The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with a range of 7,800km. Overture has the potential to revolutionise air travel ...