FAA Proposes Noise Standard To Replace Supersonic Flight Ban

Boom XB1

Boom says its XB-1 demonstrator reached Mach 1.18 without generating a discernable boom on the ground

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The FAA has proposed repealing the ban on civil supersonic fight over the U.S. and replacing it with an interim noise standard that would allow flights above Mach 1 in operating conditions that avoid sonic booms reaching the surface. Issued June 30, the proposed rule would only enable overland...
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