A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert.

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

Boom, 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. The company’s XB-1 ...

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 ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...

Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time. The XB-1 “Baby Boom ...

Moment civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test flight Close The XB-1 aircraft, a jet independently developed by Boom Supersonic, has broken the sound barrier during a test flight over the Mojave ...

Yeager climbed into a Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first human being to break the sound barrier in level flight. And he did it with two broken ribs. Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager (1923-2020 ...