Going supersonic, with Tristan Brandenburg

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Breaking the sound barrier isn’t like the movies, and Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg would know: he’s done it both as a Navy F/A-18 fighter pilot and as a test pilot in Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. He talks about Boom’s plans for supersonic airline travel, learning to fly an all-new design, and the aerodynamics of flight at Mach 1.1 Tristan also talks about his Navy career, including what it was like to make his first carrier landing. In the Ready to Copy segment, you’ll hear what it was like to fly the F-104 Starfighter, what flutter is, and tips for better landings in a Mooney.

SHOW LINKS:

* Boom Supersonic: https://boomsupersonic.com

* XB-1 test flight videos: https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1

* PilotWorkshops Mastery: https://pilotworkshop.com/products/vfr-mastery/

* New Air Facts podcast: https://airfactsjournal.com/podcast/

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Breaking the sound barrier isn’t like the movies, and Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg would know: he’s done it both as a Navy F/A-18 fighter pilot and as a test pilot in Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. He talks about Boom’s plans for supersonic airline travel, learning to fly an all-new design, and the aerodynamics of flight at Mach 1.1 Tristan also talks about his Navy career, including what it was like to make his first carrier landing. In the Ready to Copy segment, you’ll hear what it was like to fly the F-104 Starfighter, what flutter is, and tips for better landings in a Mooney.

SHOW LINKS:

* Boom Supersonic: https://boomsupersonic.com

* XB-1 test flight videos: https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1

* PilotWorkshops Mastery: https://pilotworkshop.com/products/vfr-mastery/

* New Air Facts podcast: https://airfactsjournal.com/podcast/

2025-06-03 40 min
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