American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator is set to exceed Mach 1 (770 mph) in a series of four-minute runs above the Mojave Desert ...

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The Boom XB-1 civil supersonic aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic is already planning ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

These disturbances move at the speed of sound ... off Concorde was designed in the 1960s when it seemed like supersonic passenger transport was going to be the next big thing.

in a flight over southern California and exceeded the speed of sound for a few minutes. “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived ...

(CNN) — Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded plane to surpass the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Reaching ...

The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...