While supersonic flight over land is not currently permitted, Scholl hopes that will change. "Currently, all civil aircraft flights are prohibited from operating above Mach one speeds over land ...

Achieving supersonic flight over land may be within the reach of Boom ... typically an altitude of 35,000 to 36,000 feet, the sound waves flow to a “cutoff altitude” before curling upward ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It was understandable to be skeptical of the Boom Overture when American and United placed orders a few years ago. Around the same time, major ...

Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan ...

In 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first human to break the sound barrier when he pushed the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 during a flight over the Mojave Desert. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is a stepping stone ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...

Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during a test flight in California. The company conducted its 12th test flight of the demonstrator aircraft, pushing the limits as it was ...

Colorado-based Boom Supersonic already has over 100 orders for Overture from major airliners worldwide. The company hopes to help return supersonic airliners to service, potentially cutting flight ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that ... and the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor over the Mojave Desert. Flight experts say in ideal ...

An aircraft flies transonic when it reaches the range of speeds just below supersonic, which is Mach 1.” Just over two weeks after that near-supersonic flight, Boom took off for its 12th flight ...