The XB-1 took off from Mojave’s Runway 30 after rotating at 160 kt.
Credit: Boom
Boom’s ambitious plan to develop a 21st-century supersonic airliner took one step closer to reality on March 22 with the successful first flight of the company’s XB-1 demonstrator—the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft—at Mojave Air & Space Port, California. The...
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