During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a boom being detected by microphones on the desert floor below.

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 jet went out in style on ... exciting world of flight testing experimental aircraft, it means we get to go all in, starting tomorrow, on what we started the company to ...

"XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight—without an audible boom," said Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. "This confirms what we've long ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ... than the speed of sound", said Sky News. Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based company that ...

Boom's push for supersonic overland flights has the backing of Elon Musk, who said the Trump Administration would "get rid of all regulations that make no sense, like this one." If the law is ...

Last month in the skies above Mojave Air & Space Port in California—the same hallowed airspace where U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first eclipsed the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 in 1947—Boom ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography ...

"We're hopeful the administration will get the rules fixed to allow that," Scholl said. Boom Supersonic plans to manufacture its next generation of supersonic airliners at the airport’s Overture ...

Boom Supersonic has a change to its flight plan that might also suggest a change to its name is also in order: a "boomless cruise" option in which its planned Overture supersonic airliner would ...