The plane broke the sound barrier at about 8:30 a.m. local time in California, Boom said in a social media post. The flight took place in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and Black Mountain ...

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today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world’s first ...

Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the ... at around Mach 0.8 (this is subsonic flight). Boom plans to build an airliner called Overture that can fly at Mach 1.7. Flying ...

Boom Supersonic has announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world's ...

So I’m as intrigued as the next person by efforts to revive supersonic flight. Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for.

XB-1's supersonic flight marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier. "XB-1's supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic ...

“XB-1’s supersonic flight marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier.” Boom is supersonic. On Jan. 28, 2025 at 8:31am PST / 16:31 GMT, XB-1 broke the ...

XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, among many other historic firsts. The first supersonic ...

The company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft’s supersonic flight is the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier. The XB-1, which has now completed 12 successful test ...