Indiza yokuhlola i-XB-1 eyakhiwe isiqalo sase-US I-Boom Supersonic iphule ngempumelelo umgoqo womsindo okokuqala ngqa ngesikhathi indiza phezu kogwadule lwase-Mojave lwase-California, okumaka lokho okushiwo abathuthukisi bayo okungasho isahluko esisha ekuhambeni ngendiza.
Indiza yokuhlola isibe yindiza yokuqala eyakhiwe ngasese ukuthola i-Mach 1.1 (cishe u-770 mph noma 1,240 kph) kusukela namuhla.
Ishayelwa umshayeli omkhulu wokuhlola u-Tristan 'Geppetto' Brandenburg, indiza yafinyelela isivinini esiphezulu izikhathi ezintathu ezihlukene phakathi nokundiza.
NgokukaBlake Scholl, umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-Boom Supersonic, impumelelo eyingqopha-mlando “bekuwusuku olubalulekile kithi sonke, eMelika, kwezondiza, kanye nentuthuko yabantu.”
Indiza ephezulu ye-XB-1 isho ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bohambo lwabagibeli olusezingeni eliphezulu manje sebuyatholakala, ngenxa yeqembu elincane lonjiniyela abanekhono nabazinikele abazuze lokho okwake kwadinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kukahulumeni kanye nezigidigidi zamarandi.
Indiza yokuhlola i-XB-1 yenziwa endaweni efanayo lapho, ngo-1947, uCaptain Chuck Yeager wase-US Air Force aqopha umlando njengomshayeli wokuqala ukweqa umgoqo womsindo, eshayela indiza yokuhlola i-Bell X-1 ngesivinini esingu-Mach 1.05 futhi ukuphakama okungamamitha angama-45,000.
Ukuphumelela kwe-XB-1 kuyisibonelo sokuqala sendiza yomphakathi ephula isivinini somsindo ezwekazini lase-United States kusukela kuhoxiswe umhlalaphansi kwe-Concorde.
I-Concorde bekuyindiza yabagibeli esezingeni eliphezulu edalwe ngokubambisana phakathi kweBrithani neFrance. Indiza yayo yokuqala yenzeka ngoMashi 2, 1969, futhi yaqala ukusebenza ngokuhweba ngo-1976.
Ngokukwazi ukuhamba ngesivinini esidlula kabili isivinini somsindo (Mach 2.04) ezindaweni eziphakeme ezifika ku-60,000 amafidi, i-Concorde ifinyeze ngokuphawulekayo ubude besikhathi sokuhamba be-transatlantic, iqeda uhambo olusuka eLondon ukuya eNew York cishe amahora amathathu. Noma kunjalo, ngenxa yezindleko zokusebenza ezimba eqolo, umthamo olinganiselwe wabagibeli, kanye nengozi enyantisayo ngo-2000, i-Concorde yagcina ihoxisiwe ngo-2003.
Ukuphumelela kwe-XB-1 kubonakala njengentuthuko enkulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezindiza ezithwala abantu ze-Boom, i-Overture. Ikwazi ukuthwala abagibeli abangafika kwabangama-80, i-Overture kulindeleke ukuthi isebenze ngesivinini esiphindwe kabili sezindiza zamanje ezingaphansi, njengoba kushiwo yi-Boom.
I-Boom Supersonic isivele ithole ama-oda angu-130 e-Overture ezinkampanini zezindiza ezivelele, ezihlanganisa i-American Airlines, i-United Airlines, ne-Japan Airlines.