The plane will be the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since Concorde should its flight be successful. We can hear audio from Boom Supersonic’s pilot as it makes final checks ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California's Mojave desert on ...

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 ...

The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the supersonic plane that could fly from London to New York in under three hours before it was retired in 2003. The Concorde was ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California’s Mojave desert on ...

It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic ... Boom’s plan is that Overture ...