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American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

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A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

Prototype aircraft for supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier ...

Boom Supersonic successfully tested its prototype supersonic aircraft, proving that supersonic commercial travel is not just ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, paving the way for faster commercial flights if future tests succeed.

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A civilian jet plane broke the sound barrier for the first time over continental USA during a historic test flight over the ...