Colorado startup Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound jet called Overture.
Boom hopes to conduct its first XB-1 flight by the end of this year.
The engines on Boom's XB-1 supersonic test plane.
To prepare for its first XB-1 flight, Boom said its test pilots had completed hundreds of hours of flight training in a simulator and a trainer aircraft.
AdvertisementA pilot sitting in the cockpit of the Boom Supersonic experimental aircraft.
Persons:
—, Blake Scholl, Henry Harteveldt, Boom, Charles, Chuck, Yeager, Doc, Shoemaker
Organizations:
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, eventual, FAA, Business, Boom's, United Airlines, American Airlines, Electric, Pratt & Whitney, GE, Honeywell, Safran Aircraft, Royce, CFM International, Atmosphere Research, Mojave Air, Space Port
Locations:
Colorado