In 1967, the F-4 Phantom fighter jet produced the strongest sonic boom ever recorded and hit a remarkable overpressure of 144 ...

President Trump has issued an executive order that allows commercial flights across America to fly faster than the speed of ...

On August 9, 1950, Alexander John "Al" Lilly became the first Canadian to break the sound barrier, piloting a Canadair F-86 ...

In 2003, British Airways and Air France retired Concorde—history’s only successful supersonic airliner. More than two decades later, a civil aircraft has broken the sound barrier once again.

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.

MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft, described by Boom as “the worl… ...

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 ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.