The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. On Jan. 10 ...

Credit: Boom Supersonic The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight ... carry 64 to 80 passengers on ...

Ever since the ahead-of-its-time Concorde jet was retired in 2003, aviation enthusiasts have eagerly awaited the return of a passenger aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. That dream ...

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's founder and CEO Blake Scholl says the flight "demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived.” The test aircraft was made with lightweight carbon fiber and ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of ... that will accommodate from 64 to 80 business-class passengers at speeds up to Mach 1.7. While Denver-based Boom bought ...

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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's ...

The supersonic flight comes eight years after Boom first revealed the XB-1. It's a small, roughly one-third scale version of the 64-passenger airliner Boom eventually wants to build, which it calls ...