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since the concorde supersonic aircraft was shut down, the aviation industry has not given up on research on a new generation of supersonic passenger aircraft. "simple flight" reported on august 27 that boom supersonic announced that its xb-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft had completed its second flight. during this flight, the aircraft successfully retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time.

xb-1 completes second test flight

xb-1 demonstrator aircraft successfully completed its first flight

the xb-1 is a scaled-down technology demonstrator of boom's supersonic passenger aircraft, the overture. it is 68 feet (20.7 meters) long, has a wingspan of 17 feet (5.2 meters), is powered by three 4,300-pound-force (19 kn) engines, and has a range of only about 1,000 nautical miles (1,852 kilometers).

on march 22, 2024, boom announced that xb-1 had successfully completed a test flight at the mojave air and space port in mojave, california, usa. during this test flight, xb-1 met all test goals, including safely and successfully reaching an altitude of 7,120 feet (2,170 meters) and a flight speed of 238 knots (441 kilometers per hour).