26K views · 379 reactions | What does test flight look like from a test pilot’s perspective? Go behind the scenes with XB-1 Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg and see inside the cockpit as he safely and effectively executes flights in the skies above Mojave Air & Space Port. | Boom Supersonic | Facebook

12K views · 198 reactions | Supersonic flight test generate a supersonic amount of data. “Every second, 1,763 signals are beamed down from XB-1. It’s my responsibility to get that data into our engineers’ hands.—Rob Schaefer, Senior Data Scientist | Boom Supersonic | Facebook

Listen to the comms between Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg and the control room for flight ten. Narrated by Nick Sheryka, Chief Flight Test Engineer and the test conductor for the flight, as he walks through how the team responds even when the mission does not go exactly as planned. | Boom Supersonic

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111K views · 138 reactions | Explore the Meet XB-1 3D experience to learn more about Boom's supersonic demonstrator aircraft: boomsupersonic.com/xb-1 #aviation | Boom Supersonic | Facebook

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