Boom Supersonic will attempt its second supersonic flight on Monday, nearly two weeks after its first successful foray ...

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

Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

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It’s the first step in Boom’s ambitious goal to ... These disturbances move at the speed of sound. In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form shock waves around the vehicle.

The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...