Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight

Posted by ksec on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:31PM
from the cnn.com dept.

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Re:Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first su... by ChrisArchitect on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:50PM (#42855500)

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today

XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]

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Re:Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first su... by MrGuts on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @02:37PM (#42856891)

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today.

Boom Supersonic to operate over 600 routes around the world.

Boom Supersonic rakes in money in units of Elon.

Boom Supersonic makes a big contribution to the next Presidential campaign.

Boom Supersonic makes bid to become the next Air Force One carrier.

Boom Supersonic given rights to operate supersonic anywhere in the US.

Boom Supersonic operates supersonic flights 24/7 over populated areas.

Boom Supersonic defends against suits alleging hearing loss from supersonic shocks.

Boom Supersonic pays pennies on the dollar for infrastructure damage caused by sonic shocks.

Boom, there you go.

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Re:Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first su... by ebiester on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @03:21PM (#42857459)

If you ran from NYC to London or Paris, you could do the vast majority of the flight where this wouldn't be a problem.

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Re:Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first su... by dang on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:25PM (#42858242)

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

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