The state bills itself as the "First in Flight" and PTI will be the home of the Boom Supersonic jet manufacturing facility called 'The Overture Superfactory." The company announced it was moving to North Carolina in 2022 and a year later, the groundbreaking was held in January 2023 at PTI.
Boom plans to focus next on the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners. “XB-1’s flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived,
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier
THE ‘Son of Concorde’ XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight next week, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. It is thought to be the first
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port. This milestone marks a significant step toward commercial supersonic travel.
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier on Tuesday, an accomplishment that will send figurative shockwaves to the Piedmont Triad. “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates
Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight - Boom’s inaugural XB-1 supersonic test flight reached speeds of more than 850 miles per hour
If successful, it could pave the way for the first US-built commercial supersonic jet to enter the market, reigniting the dream of high-speed passenger travel that was first brought to life by the iconic Concorde, a joint UK-French enterprise in the 1970s.
The XB-1 demonstrator jet from Boom Supersonic made history by surpassing the speed of sound, marking the return of commercial supersonic flights to the skies of the United States.