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, ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

Heralded as a "new Concorde," Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first privately developed plane to break that barrier. The Denver-based startup already has orders from airlines including American and ...

American company Boom achieved a major feat on Tuesday (January 28) as its prototype passenger jet broke the sound barrier for the first time during a supersonic test flight. This comes 22 years after ...

It was a step toward reviving supersonic commercial travel, which has been on hiatus since the Concorde jet was grounded more than two decades ago. Boom Supersonic has contracts with at least two ...

NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic ... the same hurdles as the Concorde, which flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused.

NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the ...