Aerotime
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
During the 54-minute flight, Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg safely navigated the XB-1 to a maximum altitude of 25,040 feet (7,632 meters) and a speed of Mach 0.82 (487 knots true airspeed), demonstrating that the aircraft remains controllable at higher speeds even in the event of SAS failure.
Aerotime
AUGUST 27, 2024
The XB-1 took to the skies for the first time on March 22, 2024, safely achieving an altitude of 7,120 feet (2,100 meters) and speeds up to 238 knots (273 mph). “I am proud of the team for their work to address refinements to XB-1 following its first flight, and we continue to target breaking the sound barrier by the end of this year.”
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Aerotime
JUNE 18, 2024
During that test, conducted at the Mojave test ground in California, the aircraft reached an altitude of 7,120 feet and speeds of up to 238 knots (273 miles per hour). The following month, the manufacturer received a Special Flight Authorization (SFA) from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct supersonic flight tests.
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
“Coming back around, I’m usually at about 60 knots. Powered by a 490 hp, nine-cylinder, Bristol Jupiter VIIF engine driving a two-blade, fixed pitch propeller, the aircraft could reach a maximum speed of 178 mph (286 km/h or 155 knots). In this fighter, you don’t make square turns, so to speak.
Aerotime
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
As it does, one aircraft is seeking to capture a particular slice of the advanced air mobility market, one that none of its rivals can challenge – that is, the provision of electric flights for seven people flying at up to 250 knots (450kph) and with a stage length of around 500 miles (800km).
Aerotime
MAY 21, 2024
The envisioned aircraft must be able to maintain speeds between 400 and 450 knots (740 to 830 kilometers per hour) at relevant altitudes and take off vertically from unprepared surfaces. The post Aurora moves forward in program to develop high-speed vertical lift X-Plane appeared first on AeroTime.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 28, 2024
In maybe 50 seconds we went from about 400 knots and reached the advertised top speed of Mach 2.34, and the jet was still accelerating. Dave Andersen, a former F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer for the US Navy, wrote on Quora : That jet accelerated like it was blasted out of a cannon. Im sure she wouldve gone past 2.5
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