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The question of how to build and maintain high performing teams has fascinated researchers for years. Tech companies across Silicon Valley spend millions in pursuit of the perfect scientific…
One milestone stands apart in the build of XB-1: the closeout of the wings. It’s an exceptional procedure because there’s no going back once the wings are closed. The team must get it right the…
It’s been more than fifty years since Concorde first took flight. In the intervening decades, aircraft and engine technology have advanced remarkably. Today’s subsonic commercial aircraft are 80%…
If you looked at an image of XB-1, Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, could you identify the location of systems such as flight controls, electrical, hydraulics and avionics? With some luck, you might…
The Mojave Desert is where history is made. It’s here that Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 first broke the sound barrier in 1947, where the world’s largest plane, the Stratolaunch, took its historic…
It’s one of the most exciting milestones of XB-1’s build to date: the successful bonding of XB-1’s cockpit and nose landing gear into the fuselage. Accomplished in late 2019, it brings Boom’s…
Mention “test pilot” and you will instantly conjure images of jets speeding above the clouds, making history. But a test pilot’s first day on the job isn’t for the aircraft’s maiden flight. Their…
Have you ever wondered why one flight lands with a thud while another feels like it’s landing on a cloud? A soft, smooth landing is undoubtedly the best way to end a long flight, but it might come…
Have you ever wondered what makes an aircraft’s wings so strong? Hidden inside the wings are a critical aircraft component: wing spars. They give each wing the strength to take the bending load…
