The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to break the sound barrier. It was flown by famed test pilot Chuck Yeager who was able to coax ultra-high speeds out of the X-1.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before Tuesday, no civil private manufacturer had passed the sound barrier with an ...

With Goodlin demanding a $150,000 (or, $1.82 million in 2022) bonus for breaking the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager stepped in to see if he couldn’t edge the X-1 past the sound barrier.

Perfecting supersonic flight was a painstaking process with a long history that began more than half a century ago.

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special ...

The West Virginia International Yeager Airport opened a Chuck Yeager exhibit to honor him breaking the sound barrier. The exhibit can be found in the airport's observation area.

Breaking Sound Barriers: 7 Fun Facts The sky’s the limit when it comes to surpassing the sound barrier.

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier Tuesday.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at California's Mojave Air & Space Port. This milestone marks a significant step ...

XB-1 broke the sound barrier in a special piece of airspace called the "Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor" after pilot Chuck Yeager's historic 1947 supersonic flight.

Back in the 1940s, the predecessor organizations of both NASA and the U.S. Air Force worked together with Chuck Yeager to achieve a flight speed world record.