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A sense of adventure, a timely opportunity and the correct license — combine all three and you have the ingredients for a flight in an unusual aircraft. In this second installment of Boom’s…
Fires, failures and malfunctions: flight simulators allow pilots to train for catastrophic systems failures in both new and existing aircraft. But long before aircraft take to the skies, engineers…
As industry leaders in safety and reliability, Japan Airlines considers every detail of the service experience. In the maintenance department, this means providing aircraft of the foremost quality…
1969, a watershed year in aerospace, witnessed two major innovations take flight. Apollo 11 landed humans on the moon for the first time, just months after the first supersonic commercial…
3D printing technology has taken the world of manufacturing by storm. From consumer product design to medical modeling, an increasing number of companies are seeing the value of 3D printing for…
C is for cargo, F is for Fighter and H is for Helicopter… Are aircraft names as simple as they seem? Here’s a primer on how thousands of aircraft got their names, including Boom’s XB-1. The naming…
Is it a thrill (or a fright) to fly in bizarre aircraft? From the Waco UPF-7 to the Waco UPF-7 and the Goodyear Blimp, Boom team members have been airborne in amazing and unusual aircraft. Many of…
The National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony took place last Saturday in Denver, Colorado. Widely known as the “Oscar Night of Aviation,” this annual gala seeks to honor and…
From a sunlit hangar in Centennial, Colorado, Boom interns learn that the harder you work for something, the greater the feeling when you finally succeed. As the 2019 marketing intern, I arrived…
