Approximately 1 month ago, the BOOM company managed to build the first supersonic civil plane in the United States, and was able to break the sound barrier in Mojave airspace, according to the company itself in a statement.
The sound barrier It is possible to overcome when what is known as Mach 1 is exceededthat is, exactly a speed of 1,224 kilometers, something that achieved in January the XB-1 model of Boom.
Historically, supersonic aviation has been linked to government or military objectives, so this is the first time that an independent plane breaks the sound barrier, at approximately a speed of Mach 1.7, twice what commercial airplanes allow today.
Interestingly, this milestone has been achieved in a historic air space for aviation, in Mojave, the same place where in 1947 the pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time.
“The XB-1 supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for supersonic passenger flights has arrived,” Blake Scholl, CEO and founder of Boom held. “A small group of talented and dedicated engineers has achieved what it previously required of governments and billions of dollars.”
In this sense, the goal of Boom now goes through Make these accessible flights for the general publicwhich would significantly reduce the times between world distances. To illustrate this milestone, in collaboration with NASA, the company has shared an image of the moment.
NASA/Boom Supersonic
One of the great challenges of supersonic flights is that they do not cause damage with the so -called sonic rumble, something that has been able to capture and measure with different microphones and devices to control the sound pressure.
At the moment, Boom has confirmed that This type of technology will apply to its overture modela supersonic plane that can achieve Mach 1.3 speeds without the sound burst being harmful, and barely imperceptible.
This mission has also been possible thanks to the Boom Supersonic test pilot, Tristan ‘Geppetto’ Brandenburg, who has celebrated this fact as a “culminating point” in his professional career.
NASA/Boom Supersonic
“With the lessons learned from XB-1, we can continue to build the future of supersonic trips,” said the chief pilot.
As a culmination to these tests, the XB-1 has allowed to test the technologies that will add the Overture, as an increased reality vision system, digitally optimized aerodynamics, carbon fiber compounds and the consequences of breaking the sound barrier.
In conclusion, a great advance to make commercial trips by plane be much faster.
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