Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...

"XB-1 is supersonic, faster than the speed of sound.” Bannister, a former pilot of the Concorde supersonic plane, made the call as the experimental XB-1 broke the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...

The successful test flight took place in the same airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947. According to Boom, "XB-1 has completed a rigorous series of 11 ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft will break the sound barrier for the first time during a Jan. 28 test flight, and you can watch the action live.

Tuesday’s flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane.

Colorado-based Boom Supersonic plans to build the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners.

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. Credit: AP By The Associated Press Updated January ...

The Boom Supersonic attempt to achieve supersonic flight at Mach 1.1 is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Monday, weather permitting. Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype plane eclipsed the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday. Photo Credit: Provided by Boom Supersonic Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic. The start-up ...