Supersonic Rebirth Since the beginning of air travel, the industry has always looked at ways to move more people quicker and/or cheaper. When supersonic flight was invented shortly after World War II, ...

This week, a sleek white jet became the first privately built aircraft to fly faster than sound, soaring high above the Mojave Desert as a crowd watched in excitement ...

Boom Supersonic announced Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport would be the home for its first full-scale ...

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

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The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test flight on Tuesday (28 January) in the same ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

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

Utopia Cafe even put up a sign that read: “Yes! We know the Desert Rd is closed. Yes! We are a lot busier! Yes! We love the business!” Brown said it was so the staff did not have to repeat ...

MOJAVE — Less than a year after its first flight, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 technology demonstrator is preparing for its first supersonic flight next week. The sound barrier-breaking flight of the first ...

On its 11th test on January 10, 2025, XB-1 reached speeds of Mach 0.95 during a 44-minute flight over the Mojave Desert. Following the flight, Boom was unsure whether an additional sub-supersonic test ...