The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing ...

US civil sector boldly goes where Concorde has gone before The US civilian aviation sector has achieved what Concorde managed ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

An American civil aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time in California's Mojave Desert, a US aviation company ...

Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died By Jared Keller Updated on Dec 8, 2020 Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and ...

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...

The XB-1 breakthrough is seen as a major advancement in the development of Boom’s commercial passenger aircraft, the Overture ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 achieved a milestone by successfully breaking the sound barrier on a test flight, marking the first ...

Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly supersonically, flying at Mach 1.06 and just breaking the sound barrier. The X-1, ...