Boom XB-1

The Boom XB-1, sometimes called "Baby Boom", is a supersonic airplane designed by "Boom Supersonic".^[2] The airplane is retired (as of 2025). However, its technology is being used (as of 2025), to finish a new airplane, the Boom Overture.

XB-1 ("Baby Boom")
Boom XB-1 landing on its first flight
General information
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boom Technology
Number built	1
History
First flight	March 22, 2024[1]
Retired	February 15, 2025[source?]

Test flights (of the Boom XB-1) were done (as late as August 2024).^[3] Only one airplane was built; It was for Technology demonstration.

The length (of Boom XB-1), is 21 m (68 ft).

It has 3 jet engines.

A 61 m (201 ft) airliner, from technology of Boom XB-1

The development of the Boom XB-1, is part of the development of the Boom Overture, a transport airliner. In regard to engine for the Boom Overture: The company has an aim (or idea), for production of the engine to begin in 2025 at the Overture factory at Greensboro, North Carolina, according to media (December 2022).^[4][5][6]

The Boom Overture will perhaps have its first test flight in 2026, according to media in 2022.

In 2022, a change was made in the design; The airplane will have four turbofan engines, according to the 2022 redesign.^[7]

Design of airplane from the 1970's, the Boeing 2707-300. It was partly built, before the project was cancelled.

The design (from 2022) will closely resemble (or look a lot like), one from the 1970s, the Boeing B-2707-300.^[8]

The Boom Overture will perhaps be introduced^[9] [as early as] 2030 or 2029, according to plans from 2022.