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A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound during its first test flight today.
Some 34,000ft above California’s Mojave Desert, the XB-1 prototype reached speeds of 844 miles per hour – more than the 770mph speed of sound.
As it broke the sound barrier, it unleashed a boom in the sky – fitting for the US aviation company, Boom, that’s been testing the aircraft.
The company hopes the XB-1 – or Overture – can revolutionize commercial air travel, flying passengers between New York and London in three and a half hours, less than half the current journey time.
It wouldn’t be quite as fast as the Concorde’s fastest transatlantic crossing – which was just short of three hours on February 7, 1996.
But it would be faster than commercial flights since the Concorde was retired in 2003.
The world’s only supersonic passenger service so far, it was deemed too noisy and expensive to continue operating.
Already Boom has received 130 pre-orders from airlines including America, United and Japan.
A New York City to London ticket is estimated to cost £4,000.
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