New Concorde' attempts to break sound barrier on first supersonic flight - Boom’s inaugural XB-1 supersonic test flight takes ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

The same airspace saw Chuck Yeager become the first person to exceed the speed of sound in 1947. Boom’s test plane is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic ... Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

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

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural ... Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.

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

The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing ... a supersonic commercial aircraft that can carry 64 to 80 passengers at nearly double the speed of sound. Along with a three ...

Boom Supersonic The aircraft, flown by Boom’s chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, accelerated to Mach 1.1 for the first time (around 844 miles per hour / 1,358 kilometers per hour) — 10% ...