Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating ...

Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S. history. Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in ...

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 ...

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.

The A-HyM Hypersonic Air Master is a 170-passenger airliner concept designed to fly at over 5,600 mph and could cut the ...

The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as ... developed supersonic jet” will break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and the ...

For over 50 years, the United States has imposed a speed limit in the skies: a federal ban that prohibits civilian aircraft from exceeding the speed of sound over land. The primary concern? Sonic ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier two additional times during its ... the company has raised over $700 million and has sold 15 supersonic aircraft to United Airlines (with the option to buy 35 ...

If not, the next XB-1 flight will finally see Boom's demonstrator aircraft go supersonic. So while XB-1 didn't break the Sound Barrier, it came very close, and parts of the aircraft were subjected ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New ... An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier. The Colorado-based company says specialized ...