It's fair to say that Mario will likely always sit on the throne as the most iconic video game mascot of all time, but Sonic the Hedgehog certainly gave him a run for his money back in the '90s.

Boom Supersonic announced that it could fly faster than the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Elon Musk backed the CEO's calls for regulatory changes to allow supersonic flights over land.

Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner could fly above Mach 1 without producing a sonic boom audible from the ground. As Concorde could only fly supersonic over water, this discovery ...

"During its historic first supersonic flight on January 28, 2025, Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, XB-1, broke the sound barrier three times without generating a sonic boom that reached the ground ...

Sonic the Hedgehog has proven that it's a marathon, not a sprint. While many fellow 90s platforming mascots have fallen by t ...

"The JSU tennis and softball teams also both won the 2024 SWAC Championships. Jackson State's Sonic Boom of the South was also recognized. JSU Sonic Boom drum majors Ariel Woods and Christian Houghton ...

Supersonic flight has been banned over land by federal aviation law because of the disruptive nature of the unleashed sonic boom on the environment below. Boom’s XB-1 prototype is the first ...

Boom’s plans for overwater flights by Overture—a delta-winged airliner that will accommodate from 64 to 80 business-class passengers—still involve cruising at up to Mach 1.7. Those speeds ...

While the plane’s engines were still audible on the ground, surpassing the Mach cutoff ensured no one heard a disruptive sonic boom. According to the company’s February 10th announcement ...