New York, Jan 29, 2025 (AFP) - US civilian jet breaks sound barrier in California test flight

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2025-01-29

An American civil aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time in California's Mojave Desert, a US aviation company announced on Wednesday. The XB-1, a demonstrator jet that resembles a military plane, successfully achieved the benchmark during a flight on Tuesday, according to Boom Supersonic, which aims to bring back a type of high-speed travel that went away after the Concorde was wound down in 2003. The flight took place in the same ai......

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