An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a ...
Tuesday’s flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket ...
(Boom Supersonic via AP) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound ...