Jirgin gwajin jet na XB-1 wanda wata farar Amurka ta ƙera Albarku Supersonic ya yi nasarar karya shingen sauti a karon farko yayin wani jirgin sama a hamadar Mojave ta California, wanda ke nuna abin da masu haɓakarsa suka ce zai iya nuna sabon babi na tafiye-tafiyen iska.
Jirgin na gwaji ya zama jirgin sama na farko da aka kera na sirri don isa Mach 1.1 (kimanin 770 mph ko 1,240 kph) ya zuwa yau.
Babban matukin jirgi Tristan 'Geppetto' Brandenburg ne ya tuka jirgin, jirgin ya yi saurin tafiya da sauri a lokuta daban-daban sau uku a yayin tafiyar.
A cewar Blake Scholl, wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaba na Boom Supersonic, nasarar da aka cimma ta kasance "wata muhimmiyar rana ga dukanmu, ga Amurka, ga jiragen sama, da kuma ci gaban bil'adama."
XB-1 supersonic jirgin yana nufin cewa fasahar tafiye-tafiye supersonic fasinja tana samuwa a yanzu, godiya ga ƴan ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun injiniyoyi waɗanda suka sami abin da ya taɓa buƙatar saka hannun jari na gwamnati da biliyoyin daloli.
An gudanar da gwajin jirgin na XB-1 a wannan yanki inda a shekarar 1947, Kyaftin din sojojin saman Amurka Chuck Yeager ya kafa tarihi a matsayin matukin jirgi na farko da ya zarce shingen sauti, inda ya tuka jirgin na Bell X-1 na gwaji a gudun Mach 1.05 da kuma tsayin ƙafa 45,000.
Ci gaban XB-1 shine misali na farko na jirgin saman farar hula da ke karya saurin sauti a kan nahiyar Amurka tun bayan ritayar Concorde.
The Concorde wani sabon jirgin saman fasinja ne wanda aka kirkira ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Burtaniya da Faransa. Jirginsa na farko ya faru ne a ranar 2 ga Maris, 1969, kuma ya fara ayyukan kasuwanci a cikin 1976.
Tare da ikon yin tafiye-tafiye cikin sauri fiye da ninki biyu na saurin sauti (Mach 2.04) a tsayin da ya kai ƙafa 60,000, Concorde ya rage tsawon lokacin balaguron balaguron balaguro, yana kammala tafiyar daga London zuwa New York cikin kusan awanni uku. Duk da haka, saboda matsanancin kuɗaɗen aiki, iyakantaccen ƙarfin fasinja, da wani mummunan haɗari a 2000, a ƙarshe Concorde ta yi ritaya a 2003.
Ana ganin ci gaban XB-1 a matsayin babban ci gaba a cikin haɓaka jirgin fasinja na kasuwanci na Boom, Overture. Mai ikon ɗaukar fasinjoji har 80, ana sa ran Overture zai yi aiki da ninki biyu na saurin jiragen sama na subsonic na yanzu, kamar yadda Boom ya bayyana.
Boom Supersonic ya riga ya karɓi umarni 130 don Overture daga fitattun kamfanonin jiragen sama, waɗanda suka haɗa da American Airlines, United Airlines, da Japan Airlines.
