By Hallie Golden
An elegant white plane became the first plane developed regardless of breaking the sound barrier on Tuesday, destroying the tens of thousands of feet on the Mojave desert and a multitude of enchanted spectators.
He XB-1 plane Accelerated to Mach 1.05 about 11 minutes after taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and Live video of the test flight.
The flight in the port of Mojave Air & Space in Mojave, California, took place while the company works to revive the trips of supersonic passengers, which died with the base of the Anglo-French concord more than two decades ago.
Boom plans to focus on the Oblinge plane, which says it will transport up to 80 passengers while moving approximately twice the speed of today’s subson aircraft.
“The XB-1 supersonic flight shows that technology has arrived for the supersonic passenger flight,” said the founder and CEO of Boom, Blake Scholl, in a statement. “A small band of talented and dedicated engineers has achieved what he previously led to governments and billions of dollars.”
The plane, which flew for the first time in March, is almost completely performed with light carbon fiber. Use an augmented reality vision system to help with landing, since its long nose and high angle approach can make pilots see.
“The future of aviation is here and now,” said Amy Marino Spawart, president and executive director of the National Aeronautics Association, in a statement. “There is not only hope for a faster and better commercial flight, but Boom shows that it can be done sustainably.”
Boom is one of several companies with one eye on supersonic passenger trips. Any new service will probably face the same obstacles as the concord, which flew over the Atlantic and was prohibited from many land routes due to the sonic auges it caused.
Sound booms are heard on the ground when airplanes fly faster than the speed of sound, usually around 760 mph (1,223 kph) near sea level, but varied depending on temperature, altitude and other conditions, according to the service Congress research.
As a supersonic plane accelerates through the air, it pushes the molecules aside with great force, forming a shock wave “as a boat creates a trail in the water,” according to NASA.
Tuesday’s flight occurred in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles “Chuck” Yeager He became the first person to break the sound barrier, driving a Bell X-1 bell rocket plane in the form of a bullet in the form of a bullet.
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