the sound barrier
noun
: the large increase in air resistance that occurs as an aircraft nears the speed of sound and that was once an obstacle to traveling faster than the speed of sound
a plane that is able to break the sound barrier
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The firm is able to avoid the noise by breaking the sound barrier at an altitude high enough that the sound is never able to reach the ground.
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2025
A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of the aircraft's historic test flights over the Mojave Desert.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to proving XB-1 could break the sound barrier, the test validated critical technologies that will be scaled up for Overture, Boom’s Mach 1.7 jet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2025
For example, during its most recent flight, which occurred on Jan. 10, the XB-1 nosed right up to the edge of the sound barrier, reaching Mach 0.95.
Flight 12, however, will be momentous, according to Boom Founder and CEO Blake Scholl.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
After breaking the sound barrier, all that's left is to research Rocketry and build a Launch Pad in a City with good Production.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
The event took place over the Mohave Desert, the same location where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2025
A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of the aircraft's historic test flights over the Mojave Desert.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to proving XB-1 could break the sound barrier, the test validated critical technologies that will be scaled up for Overture, Boom’s Mach 1.7 jet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2025
For example, during its most recent flight, which occurred on Jan. 10, the XB-1 nosed right up to the edge of the sound barrier, reaching Mach 0.95.
Flight 12, however, will be momentous, according to Boom Founder and CEO Blake Scholl.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
After breaking the sound barrier, all that's left is to research Rocketry and build a Launch Pad in a City with good Production.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
The event took place over the Mohave Desert, the same location where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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