Ndege yoyesera ya XB-1 yopangidwa ndi US poyambira Boom Super Sonic yathyola zotchinga zomveka bwino kwa nthawi yoyamba paulendo wa pandege wodutsa m'chipululu cha Mojave ku California, zomwe zikuwonetsa zomwe opanga ake akuti zitha kutanthauza mutu watsopano wamaulendo apandege.
Ndege yoyeserayi yakhala ndege yoyamba yopangidwa mwachinsinsi kufika pa Mach 1.1 (pafupifupi 770 mph kapena 1,240 kph) kuyambira lero.
Moyendetsedwa ndi woyendetsa wamkulu woyesa Tristan 'Geppetto' Brandenburg, ndegeyo idafika pa liwiro lapamwamba kwambiri katatu paulendo wa pandege.
Malinga ndi a Blake Scholl, yemwe anayambitsa Boom Supersonic, yemwe anayambitsa ndi mkulu wa kampani ya Boom Supersonic, "tsiku lofunika kwambiri kwa tonsefe, ku America, kuyendetsa ndege, komanso kupita patsogolo kwa anthu."
Ulendo wapamtunda wa XB-1 ukutanthauza kuti ukadaulo woyendera anthu okwera kwambiri tsopano ulipo, chifukwa cha kagulu kakang'ono ka akatswiri odziwa ntchito komanso odzipereka omwe akwaniritsa zomwe poyamba zinkafuna ndalama zambiri zaboma komanso mabiliyoni a madola.
Ndege yoyeserera ya XB-1 idachitika mdera lomwelo pomwe, mu 1947, Kaputeni wa Gulu Lankhondo la US, Chuck Yeager adapanga mbiri ngati woyendetsa woyamba kupitilira zotchinga zomveka, akuyendetsa ndege yoyeserera ya Bell X-1 pa liwiro la Mach 1.05 ndi kutalika kwa 45,000 mapazi.
Kupambana kwa XB-1 ndi koyamba kwa ndege yapachiweniweni yomwe ikuphwanya liwiro la mawu ku United States kuyambira pomwe Concorde idapuma pantchito.
The Concorde inali ndege yonyamula anthu yapamwamba kwambiri yomwe idapangidwa kudzera mu mgwirizano pakati pa Britain ndi France. Ulendo wake woyamba unachitika pa Marichi 2, 1969, ndipo idayamba ntchito zamalonda mu 1976.
Ndi kuthekera koyenda pa liwiro loposa kuwirikiza kawiri liwiro la phokoso (Mach 2.04) pamtunda wofikira 60,000 mapazi, Concorde idafupikitsa nthawi yoyenda yodutsa Atlantic, kumaliza ulendo wochokera ku London kupita ku New York pafupifupi maola atatu. Komabe, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ndalama zogwirira ntchito, kuchuluka kwa anthu okwera, komanso ngozi yowopsa yomwe idachitika mu 2000, Concorde idasiya ntchito mu 2003.
Kupambana kwa XB-1 kukuwoneka ngati kupita patsogolo kwakukulu pakupanga ndege zonyamula anthu za Boom, Overture. Okhoza kunyamula anthu okwana 80, Overture ikuyembekezeka kugwira ntchito mowirikiza kawiri liwiro la ndege zapano, monga anenera Boom.
Boom Supersonic yalandira kale maoda 130 a Overture kuchokera kumakampani odziwika bwino a ndege, kuphatikiza American Airlines, United Airlines, ndi Japan Airlines.
