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Why commercial supersonic flights are still nearly impossible

Supersonic passenger jets once promised a world where crossing oceans felt as quick as a long lunch break, yet today the ...
Yahoo

China unveils Mach-4 commercial drone prototype, eyes supersonic passenger jet future

A Chinese start-up is aiming to develop a supersonic drone capable of reaching speeds four times the speed of sound. Lingkong Tianxing Technology, the company behind the project, unveiled the unmanned ...
CNN

Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers

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Pocket Gamer.Biz

Hypercasual powerhouse Supersonic verges on five billion downloads in its first four years

Hypercasual games publisher Supersonic is now four years old, with an impressive history and a slew of milestones already behind it. Chief among them is the 4.98 billion downloads achieved across ...
BGR

Supersonic Commercial Flights Will Return In 2025 For The First Time Since The Concorde

For the first time since the Concorde was retired in 2003, the dream of supersonic commercial flights is making a comeback. Promising to cut transcontinental travel times in half, these ...
CNN

America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem

The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the ...
Ars Technica

It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight

A prototype jet independently developed by Boom Supersonic made its first flight on Friday, the company said. The XB-1 vehicle flew from Mojave Air & Space Port in California, reaching an altitude of ...
MIT Technology Review

Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.

Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an ...
The Aviationist

Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate technologies to pave the way for the return of supersonic airliners. The XB-1 ...