concorde
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Watch the Supersonic XB-1 Take Its First Flight
Private aerospace company Boom Supersonic got its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft in the air and back down again last week, completing the carbon fiber plane’s first successful flight. It hasn’t broken the sound barrier yet, but the new plane is notable for setting the stage for a fuel-efficient supersonic passenger airliner Boom is hoping to launch…
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It’s Star Wars’ World With All the Lego Sets You Can Buy in September
Ahsoka! Maybe you’ve heard of it? Lego sure hopes you have in a deluge of Star Wars sets and more this September.
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What the Hell Happened to Supersonic Passenger Flights?
Ever since the supersonic Concorde was grounded in 2003, airline passengers — at least, wealthy airline passengers — have yearned for the return of faster-than-sound transit. Today, a trip from New York to London takes seven hours in the air; the Concorde could do it in under three hours in 1976. In an era where the…
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Hypersonic Plane From Venus Aerospace Will Travel to the Edge of Space
Earlier this week, Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based aeronautics startup, released renderings for Stargazer — an incredibly fast high-altitude vehicle it’s hoping to develop.