Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert

Boom XB-1 takes off on its inaugural flight.

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Jan 29 (Reuters) – About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight on Tuesday.
“She was real happy supersonic,” Boom Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg said after landing, in a video posted by Boom