28 flight. Credit: Boom Supersonic Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the ...

With the lessons learned from XB-1, we can continue to build the future of supersonic travel.” The post The Boom XB-1 reaches milestone in quest for civil supersonic aviation appeared first on ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator broke the sound barrier, showcasing the potential for next-generation supersonic commercial travel with Chief Test Pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg achieving a ...

The Carroll County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a non-emergency medical transport resolution designed to allow first responders to spend more time on emergencies. Carroll Supervisors ...

An American company, Boom Technology, aims to change that. In 2016, it began developing a new aircraft that would serve as a demonstrator for a new supersonic commercial airliner. The demonstrator is ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test ...

The first supersonic flight of XB-1 marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde's retirement over 20 years ago, paving the way for the return of commercial supersonic ...

The American-built civil supersonic jet is made from carbon fibre, and unlike Concorde’s droop nose, pilots use an “augmented reality vision system” to see past its long nose for takeoff and ...