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US supersonic aircraft nearly breaks sound barrier in test flight over Mojave Desert
The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025. The test took place over the Mojave Desert in California. Boom Supersonic was ...
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Wind Over Its Wing: NASA's X-66 Model Tests Airflow
NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project concluded wind tunnel testing in the fall of 2024. Tests on a Boeing-built X-66 model ...
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Transonic cascade wind tunnel (TGK)
The transonic cascade wind tunnel (TGK) is installed at the Institute of Propulsion Technology in Cologne. This large-scale facility is used for investigations on compressor blade cascades; it is the ...
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ABB Drive Modernization Gives NASA’s Wind Tunnel New Lease of Life
NASA ordered the upgrade project as the first activity under an ABB Motion OneCare service agreement that also covers spare ...
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Boom XB-1 pushes the sound barrier before supersonic flight
Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...
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Son of Concorde 'avoids sonic boom'
THE XB-1 'Son of Concorde' jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, its test pilot says, but people on the ground will not suffer the impact of ...