I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...

Concorde wore white to reflect heat, while at one instance, Air France’s promotional blue livery had strict Mach 2 time limits. ... Boom Supersonic and Spike Aerospace.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. ... The sleek white prototype, with a blue-and-yellow tail assembly, ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.

Boom Supersonic’s prototype, the XB-1, has achieved subsonic speeds during testing and aims to break the sound barrier soon. The company’s Overture airliner, designed to cruise at Mach 1.7, is ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...

The Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1, during a test flight Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, over the Mohave Desert, Calif. (Boom Supersonic via AP) By Associated Press ...