XB-1 achieved Mach 0.95 during its most-recent test flight on Jan. 10, according to Boom Supersonic. Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl poses by a model of the XB-1 on July 23, 2024 in Farnborough ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.

According to a Boom Supersonic blog on January 10, the 44-minute 11th test flight by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, which reached Mach 0.95, was about taking XB-1 to a ...

Boom's XB-1 second test flight . The XB-1 demonstrator, fondly referred to as "Baby Boom" due to its smaller one-third scale, completed its second test flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in ...

Boom Supersonic will livestream its XB-1 prototype breaking through the sound barrier. The second series of supersonic flight tests are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday as part of Boom “scaling up ...

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. — Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during a test flight in California. The company conducted its 12th test flight of the demonstrator ...

It was in 2020 that Boom revealed the first proof-of-concept version of its XB-1 aircraft, setting the ambitious goal of bringing back supersonic commercial flight.Today, the company has announced ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 took its last test flight on Monday. The aircraft started its flight around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. It was the 13th and final flight for the aircraft ...

Boom Supersonic is accelerating the test flight pace for its XB-1 prototype aircraft, reaching on Monday a new top speed of Mach 0.69 which is more than halfway to supersonic flight. It was 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 ...

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