The British jet car ThrustSSC made two Mach-breaking runs across Nevada's Black Rock desert at 759.333 mph and 766.109 mph respectively, according to CNN. The speed of sound was calculated that ...

In a bid to outdo the world speed record of the famous Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, ... breaking the sound barrier and, finally, pushing past Mach 3.3.

Breaking the sound barrier creates a shock wave known as a “sonic boom.” ... SR-71 Blackbird. The world’s fastest manned aircraft, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, ...

The fastest aircraft in history is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, ... Of course, the major drawback of supersonic flight is that any object breaking the sound barrier produces a sonic boom.

While that plane may not be real, it may not be all that far off from reality as Lockheed Martin is reportedly working on a successor to the famed SR-71 Blackbird, a supersonic surveillance plane ...

I t is widely known that the SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft to ever take to the skies, with the plane able to exceed speeds far beyond Mach 2. The aircraft, which was ...

Lockheed has hinted that a potential SR-72 Darkstar prototype could be finalized by this year. While the legendary SR-71 Blackbird remains a fan favorite among aviation enthusiasts and military ...

Credit: Dawn Aerospace/Cover Images A rocket-powered aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time since Concorde, following a successful test flight in New Zealand. Dawn Aerospace’s ...

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 experimental aircraft on October 14, 1947. Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, had been working on the project for several years.

But a new crop of companies, including Dawn and Boom Supersonic, are trying to break the sound barrier again. Unlike Boom’s Overture, ... the SR-71 Blackbird,” said Powell.

If you’re planning to jump out of a plane at 120,000 feet and break the sound barrier, you need a really fancy suit. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has been working with a company that ...

Bond wishes he had a bird like this.The SR-71 was a spy plane born to rule the skies and is one of the greatest feats of engineering ever to take off. The Blackbird is native to California ...