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Concorde Replacement Edges Closer With Boom’s XB-1 Unveiling

October 8, 2020 | technology | No Comments

Boom Supersonic has taken a big step toward putting a Concorde-like supersonic passenger plane into commercial service with the unveiling of a prototype.

Colorado-based Boom pulled the wraps off the sleek-looking aircraft at a special event at Centennial Airport in Denver on Wednesday, October 7.

Officially known as the XB-1 but nicknamed the Baby Boom, the jet is 21.6 meters long with a 6.4-meter wingspan, making it a third of the size of the planned Overture aircraft that the company is planning to build.

Featuring a carbon-composite airframe and powered by three General Electric-designed J85-15 engines, the XB-1 is expected to take its first flight in 2021 in tests that will help Boom refine the design of Overture.

The XB-1 only has space for the pilot, but Overture will seat up to 75 passengers while flying at speeds of Mach-2.2 — almost 1,700 mph, or more than twice the speed

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Meet the XB-1: A prototype for a modern supersonic passenger jet

October 7, 2020 | technology | No Comments

  • Boom Supersonic revealed its XB-1 flight demonstrator on Wednesday.


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  • The vehicle is a subscale prototype for supersonic flight.


    Boom Supersonic

  • It will begin a flight test campaign next year in California.


    Boom Supersonic

  • And begin supersonic flights before the end of 2021.


    Boom Supersonic

Boom Supersonic will roll its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft out of its facilities in Centennial, Colorado, on Wednesday and reveal the vehicle publicly for the first time.

The rollout marks the handoff from the design, development, and build phase to testing, said Blake Scholl, Boom founder and chief executive. After undergoing a series of ground tests, the 21-meter-long aircraft will begin a flight test campaign in the third quarter of 2021 at Mojave Air and Space Port, Scholl said. “We’ll be supersonic by the end of next year,” he added. This is about a year later than the company’s original plans.

Founded in 2014, Boom

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