This incredible, explosive sound has everything to do with physics – so ... you might sometimes hear a double sonic boom. This is created by long aircraft – one sonic boom will emanate from ...

Developing the overall design for the plane came with its own stumbling blocks, too. Muting the sonic boom has been a massive ... Brandon explains. “How do you make several miles of wire fit ...

The aircraft’s shape would stifle the sonic boom, making it sound more like the ... towards a common goal in different ways. NASA is doing serious leg work with its X-59, but if you are ...

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 ...

Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s prototype test plane, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier today three times during its 12th flight.

The test was conducted at a height of 29,481 feet (8,986 meters); while the aircraft flew at this speed ... and Mach number until we inevitably make that sonic boom," Nick Sheryka, c hief ...

Boom has also found that supersonic aircraft development is harder than it might look. XB-1’s breakthrough flight was originally booked for the previous decade; back in 2016 , Boom said it ...

Overture is a planned 64-to-80 seat supersonic aircraft that Boom Supersonic hopes can become the first passenger jet to fly faster than the speed of sound since the British-French Concorde ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

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 ... and Mach ...