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  • Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 28 20:59:37 2025
    Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the
    skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil
    aircraft to break the sound barrier.

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/booms-xb-1-becomes-first-civil-aircraft-to-go-supersonic/

    first civil aircraft

    ???

    Concorde

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 29 14:56:41 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the
    skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil
    aircraft to break the sound barrier.

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/booms-xb-1-becomes-first-civil-aircraft-to-go-supersonic/

    first civil aircraft

    ???

    Concorde

    This is a correct statement. Maybe first civil US aircraft?

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 29 14:25:26 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the
    skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil
    aircraft to break the sound barrier.

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/booms-xb-1-becomes-first-civil-aircraft-to-go-supersonic/

    first civil aircraft

    ???

    Concorde

    Concordski fro the USSR?


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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Wed Jan 29 11:29:04 2025
    On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:56:41 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    Maybe first civil US aircraft?

    Making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier in
    California's Mojave Desert would be correct.

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