Reaching and surpassing the speed of sound has a noticeable effect. It doesn't matter the size or shape of the object; once it passes the sound barrier, it will produce a sonic boom.

The XB-1 reached Mach 1.122 when it broke the sound barrier for the first time after about 12 minutes into the flight. ... Tuesday's test flight took place from the Mojave Air & Space Port.

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Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in late January with its XB-1 test jet, paving the way forward in the startup's efforts to build its own supersonic airliner. Boom and NASA released a ...

The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.

A D.C. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting returns from a training mission April 3, 2012, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Senior Airman Perry Aston/Air Force) Washington-area residents were startled ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time with a top speed of Mach 1.1. Another small step toward the return of supersonic travel. Skip to main content ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.