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

Supersonic Rebirth Since the beginning of air travel, the industry has always looked at ways to move more people quicker and/or cheaper. When supersonic flight was invented shortly after World War II, ...

American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

Boom has on its website a link on what to expect from the first supersonic flight. However, Brandenburg said it’s very unlikely those at the site or viewers will hear a sonic boom.

Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.

In a world where speed is often synonymous with progress, a small startup with just 140 employees has made a groundbreaking ...

Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as Concorde, which flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused. The Concorde jet, which ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.