American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Each time one flies above Mach 1 is special. Most commercial pilots have never done it. Our reporter is not a pilot, but he’s ...

On 28 January 2025, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test aircraft achieved a record speed of Mach 1.13 during a flight over the ...

Piloted by former US Navy aviator Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg, XB-1 took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in ...

A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead ...

Lingkong Tianxing Technology, a Chinese start-up, is making waves in the field of supersonic aviation with the unveiling of ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

The Mach number is defined as a plane’s speed divided by the ... they’re referring to supersonic flight: Fighter jets can travel at around Mach 2. The sound from the fighter jet is trapped ...

The ground test was performed at the Mojave Air and Space Port’s 2-mile-long ... faster than the flight speed of today’s ...

Boom Supersonic's ... to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7, about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners, meaning a flight could cross the Atlantic in just about 3 1/2 hours.