Full Video: XB-1 Takes Flight

3.22.24. XB-1 takes flight.

Today, Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft, XB-1 safely and successfully executed its first flight at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, CA., flown by XB-1 Chief Test Pilot Bill “Doc” Shoemaker. Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg flew the T-38 chase aircraft which monitored XB-1 in the air.

Two decades after Concorde’s retirement, the first flight of XB-1 marks the return of a civil supersonic aircraft to the skies and paves the way for the revival of mainstream supersonic travel onboard Overture, Boom’s sustainable supersonic airliner.

[leokimvideo]

This really exposes how futuristic and advanced Concord was in the 1960's.

[ericmaglio]

The trim deflection of the stabilators is crazy!

[jasono]

Engineering: "We've narrowed the footage down to this 30 minutes that shows all the incredible engineering and testing that we've accomplished."

Marketing: "We're think we'll keep this 10 second of the plane taking off and flying and do about 60 jump cuts of close ups of random B-roll footage we got at the hanger."

[MikeMcNanners]

That wasn't a full flight video, it was a few quick shots

[AM-pyvg]

Some of those shots lasted 3 whole frames, I was starting to get bored.

[joeyjamison]

A sales brochure. It showed practically nothing.

[Damien.D]

It's a beautiful plane. Looks even better when in the sky.

[inthelionsden]

Congratulations. A fantastic moment and great to see despite this being a highly edited snippet of the event. I would not have called this a "Full Video."
I hope we will get to see actual complete videos of this and subsequent flights.

[miguelpaprodenas]

Congratulations Boom Team. I'm glad to see that piece of materials and years of effort are paying off. A hug and lots of strength!

[michaelhowell]

First steps back into supersonic travel since Concord died. BRAVO!👏👏👏

[Ozuitz]

Love seeing progress from your team. I wish you the best!

[Bluelightning]

Come on, it only flew once circle. You could have filmed the whole thing and shown it to us.😊

[jamesmorera]

Congratulations, XB-1 team & Boom!

[nathanbanks]

Congrats! Looking forward to the first supersonic flight.

[Hammerli]

One takeoff, one landing, no smoking hole = SUCCESS! BZ!

(Having been Test Director for a first flight, I know just how much effort the test team put in to get to this point.)

[sundragon]

Congratulations on the first flight! Hope future test flights go smoothly. 👍👍👍

[ao]

Yeah this was beyond cool, stellar sizzle reel. Looking forward to great things from your team!

[tsbrownie]

I was test pilot on hundreds of subsonic test flights of a prototype in the 1980s, but it turns out there's only so far you can push a C-152.

[OlNoName]

It’s awesome to think I could see supersonic transport in my lifetime, never saw Concorde but was always captivated by it. This is an incredible first step, can’t wait to see the next ones!

[williamsebastian]

Familiar shape of the past. Love to see it fly!