Name: How Boom Supersonic Achieved ‘Boomless Cruise’ with Its XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft
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Description: The technology could allow for supersonic flights over land without disturbing anyone.

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<meta charset="UTF-8">Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 flight demonstrator has repeatedly broken the sound barrier without generating any audible sonic booms on the ground, proving that quiet supersonic flight over land is possible. Now, more than 20 years since the retirement of the Concorde, is supersonic air travel on the verge of a resurgence? 
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How Boom Supersonic Achieved ‘Boomless Cruise’ with Its XB-1 Aircraft

The technology could allow for supersonic flights over land without disturbing anyone.

How Boom Supersonic Achieved ‘Boomless Cruise’ with Its XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft

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