In order to capture the Schlieren images, Boom chief test pilot ... the changing air speeds as speeds over Mach 1, the speed of sound (761.23 miles per hour or 1,225.1 kilometers per hour).

captured the moment the XB-1 aircraft – “the first supersonic jet made in America” – broke the sound barrier using a technique known as Schlieren photography to visualize what can’t be ...

The photo is a Schlieren image. Developed in 1864 by German physicist ... Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier — becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US history — Passenger ...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier ... with @NASA to take this Schlieren image of XB-1 pushing ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...

Boom Supersonic is partnering with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight testing for the XB-1 ...

NASA has captured an image of a supersonic civilian jet breaking the sound barrier during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in February. The photo, released Monday by the plane’s ...

Software then calculates how each spot moved and reconstructs the shockwave into a Schlieren image." The result is a neat visualization of the jet breaking the sound barrier. “This image makes ...

Schlieren is the German word for streaks ... visible—the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier. Thanks to Geppetto's exceptional flying and our partnership with ...

The photo is a Schlieren image. Developed in 1864 by German ... the aircraft are visible in the photograph. NASA also gathered sound data from the test flight. Boom Supersonic analyzed the data ...