In the early 1970s, sonic boom concerns led the United States government to ban supersonic passenger flight over land in the US. This hurt the Concorde’s potential market, hence its only two ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...

Making supersonic flight economically sustainable is arguably an even harder challenge than figuring out how to nullify the sonic boom’s disruptive effects on the ground. Supersonic travel has ...

Boom officials explained that the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” will break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor ...

Flown by Boom Supersonic’s chief test pilot, Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, the aircraft called XB-1 reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122, or 750 mph ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test vehicle is scheduled to lift off today (Jan. 28) at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT). Editor's note: Boom Supersonic successfully broke the sound barrier with the XB-1 today in a ...

Flown by Boom Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, XB-1 entered the supersonic corridor and reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122 (652 KTAS or 750 ...

Here’s how it works. Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg ...