Supersonic jet hits high speed

A jet designed to move faster than the speed of sound set a record with its latest flight. The jet, called XB-1, hit 629 miles per hour. This is a major step toward supersonic speed, which is at least 761 miles per hour. The XB-1 was built by American aviation company Boom Supersonic as a test vehicle for its broader supersonic program. Boom plans to use XB-1’s technology to build a supersonic passenger jet it hopes to launch in 2029. Called Overture, it will carry up to 80 passengers and fly twice the speed of current jets. Overture would be the first supersonic passenger jet since the Concorde, which operated from 1976 to 2003. It traveled up to 1,354 miles per hour but was expensive and used enormous amounts of…

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