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Boom's XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic (techcrunch.com)

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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 the sound barrier.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Watched the full livestream. Was awesome to see history being made today!

Good luck to Boom to fly a full scale supersonic airliner within the next 4 years.