Iyo XB-1 test jet ndege yakagadzirwa neUS kutanga-up Boom Super Sonic yakabudirira kutyora chipingamupinyi chenzwi kekutanga panguva yekubhururuka pamusoro peCalifornia's Mojave Desert, ichimaka izvo zvinorehwa nevagadziri vayo zvinogona kuratidza chitsauko chitsva mukufamba nendege.
Ndege yekuyedza yave ndege yekutanga kugadzirwa yakavanzika kuwana Mach 1.1 (inenge 770 mph kana 1,240 kph) kubva nhasi.
Ichityairwa nemutyairi mukuru wekuyedza Tristan 'Geppetto' Brandenburg, ndege yacho yakasvika pakumhanya kwepamusoro panguva nhatu dzakasiyana panguva yekubhururuka.
Sekureva kwaBlake Scholl, muvambi uye CEO weBoom Supersonic, kubudirira kukuru kwaive "zuva rakakosha kwatiri tese, kuAmerica, kubhururuka nendege, uye kufambira mberi kwevanhu."
XB-1 supersonic flight inoreva kuti tekinoroji yekufamba nepamusoro-soro yave kuwanikwa, nekuda kweboka diki revanjiniya vane hunyanzvi uye vakazvipira vakawana izvo zvaimboda mari yakawanda yehurumende nemabhiriyoni emadhora.
XB-1 bvunzo ndege yakaitwa munzvimbo imwe chete iyo, muna 1947, US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager akaita nhoroondo semutyairi wekutanga kupfuura ruzha, achityaira ndege yeBell X-1 yekuyedza kumhanya kweMach 1.05 uye. kureba kwe45,000 tsoka.
Kubudirira kweXB-1 ndiyo yekutanga muenzaniso wendege yehurumende ichityora kumhanya kwekurira pamusoro peUnited States kubva pamudyandigere weConcorde.
The Concorde yaive yakanakisa supersonic ndege yevatakuri yakagadzirwa kuburikidza nekubatana pakati peBritain neFrance. Kubhururuka kwayo kwekutanga kwakaitika munaKurume 2, 1969, uye yakatanga kutengeserana muna 1976.
Nekugona kufamba nekumhanya kunodarika zvakapetwa kaviri kumhanya kwenzwi (Mach 2.04) pakukwira kunosvika 60,000 tsoka, iyo Concorde yakapfupisa nguva yekufamba kwe transatlantic, ichipedzisa rwendo kubva kuLondon kuenda kuNew York mumaawa angangoita matatu. Zvakadaro, nekuda kwekuwanda kwemari yekushandisa, kushomeka kwevatyairi, uye tsaona inosiririsa muna 2000, Concorde yakazoregedzwa muna 2003.
Kubudirira kweXB-1 kunoonekwa sekufambira mberi kukuru mukuvandudzwa kweBoom's commercial passenger ndege, iyo Overture. Inokwanisa kugarisa vafambi vanosvika makumi masere, iyo Overture inotarisirwa kushanda nekaviri kumhanya kweazvino subsonic ndege, sezvakataurwa naBoom.
Boom Supersonic yakatotambira maodha zana nemakumi matatu eOverture kubva kundege dzine mukurumbira, dzinosanganisira American Airlines, United Airlines, uye Japan Airlines.
