When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for ...

The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian ... privately funded and developed aircraft has broken the sound barrier over the continental U.S. (And it did it ...

Why was the Boom Supersonic ... flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused. What happened to the Concorde? The Concorde jet, which was ...

In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form shock waves around the vehicle. When people say you can see a fighter jet before you ... passenger flight over land in the US.

Former Naval test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg taxied the XB-1 jet down the runway before taking to the sky above the California desert. At about 35,000 feet and 12 minutes into the flight, ...

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday. The test flight out ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet ... on supersonic passenger travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the Concorde, which flew over ...

XB-1 became the first American-made private supersonic jet to fly faster than the speed ... Brandenburg reached Mach 1.11, about 10% over supersonic speed. The pilot said supersonic was XB ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious speed in new photos. Lockheed Martin has been building the X-59 for NASA, as part of a project to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft that ...