Air Force pilot Capt. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, flying a rocket-propelled experimental aircraft in the same location.

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 ...

The Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1, during a test flight Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, over the Mohave Desert, Calif. (Boom Supersonic via AP) (Uncredited) ...

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.

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.

The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force. That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world's faster airliner capable of carrying passengers between New York ...

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 tes… ...

The sound barrier is something many people have heard of, but few understand, as it's somewhat of a misnomer. The speed of sound is known as Mach 1 (767 mph), and when an object moves beyond this ...