Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

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So while XB-1 didn’t break the Sound Barrier, it came very close, and parts of the aircraft were subjected to the conditions they will experience flying at Mach 1.1. XB-1 will also likely hit ...

That is, flight so close to Mach 1 that some areas of airflow over the airframe exceed the speed of sound. It's also the point where the XB-1 was subjected to a maximum dynamic pressure of 383 ...

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