114K views · 1.6K reactions | With three supersonic runs, XB-1 completed its 13th and final flight, bringing our groundbreaking flight test program to a close. Watch it soar over the Mojave Desert. | Boom Supersonic | Facebook

What’s a typical test day like for XB-1’s Chief Test Pilot? Hint: It starts way before he jumps in the cockpit. | Boom Supersonic

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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