Hacker News with Generative AI: Supersonic Flight

Civil aircraft flies supersonic for first time since Concorde (dawnaerospace.com)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand – 19 November 2024 – Multinational aerospace company Dawn Aerospace has made history with the successful supersonic flight of its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft, making it one of the fastest privately-developed aircraft on the planet.

Aviation, Aerospace, Supersonic Flight

5 points by geox 58 days ago | 0 comments

Chinese plane designed to travel twice as fast as Concorde completes test flight (scmp.com)
A Chinese company says it has conducted a test flight of a prototype commercial transport plane that can travel at Mach 4 – or twice the speed of a Concorde.

Aviation, China, Technology, Supersonic Flight

6 points by okasaki 81 days ago | 0 comments

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aces 2nd test flight (space.com)

Aviation, Aerospace, Supersonic Flight, Prototypes, Technology

123 points by belter 136 days ago | 119 comments

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator completes second test flight (aerotime.aero)

Aerospace, Aviation, Supersonic Flight, Test Flights

10 points by teractiveodular 143 days ago | 1 comments