Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
Winston-Salem Journal5d
Boom Supersonic sets moment-of-truth date for breaking sound barrier
The moment of truth — perhaps destiny — has arrived for Boom Supersonic and its Overture aircraft ... flying a StarLink unit in our T-38 chase plane, “enabling us to watch XB-1 in-flight ...
Malaysia Sun6d
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft breaks sound barrier in California
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 ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat8d
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the Southern California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...
New Atlas9d
First private-built supersonic plane smashes sound barrier
Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...
Boom XB-1 Shatters The Sound Barrier, Reviving Civilian Supersonic Flight Hopes
Ever since the Concorde stopped flying, aviation buffs have dreamed of a civilian supersonic plane. Now there's been a ...