Boom Supersonic's XB-1 exceeded Mach 1, the speed of sound, three times during its final test flight on Feb. 10. 2025. Read more 👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/UCrpgs The chief test pilot was Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg. Credit: Boom Supersonic | Space.com

Supersonic flight test generate a supersonic amount of data. “Every second, 1,763 signals are beamed down from XB-1. It’s my responsibility to get that data into our engineers’ hands.—Rob Schaefer, Senior Data Scientist | Boom Supersonic

XB-1, the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet, flew for the first time at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California last Friday. Chief Test Pilot Bill “Doc” Shoemaker was at the controls when XB-1 took flight, and Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg monitored XB-1 in a T-38 chase plane. Here, you can see the view from the chase plane, which focused on how XB-1 flew and landed, including assessments of the aircraft’s handling qualities, airspeed, and its stability i