Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the ...

Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.

Bannister, a former pilot of the Concorde supersonic plane, made the call as the experimental XB-1 broke the sound barrier. It was a key test for the company that plans to build high-speed planes ...

(Watch in the video player above). Boom’s demonstrator aircraft XB-1 officially broke the sound barrier on January 28. Picture: Boom “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the ...

The XB-1 model is Boom’s supersonic demonstrator is one-third of the size of the line’s “Overture” aircraft – set to be the “world’s fastest” commercial airliner. According to Boom ...

in the X-1 aircraft in 1947. Reaching an altitude of 35,290 ft (19,756 m), the Boom XB-1 became not only the first commercial, piloted supersonic flight since Concorde retired in 2003, it was also ...

Seven people have been injured in a fire which forced the emergency evacuation of a plane on a runway in South Korea. The blaze occurred moments before take-off and may have been caused by a portable ...

The company says its Overture “superfactory” in North Carolina could produce 33 of the supersonic aircraft per year; the carrier has received 130 pre-orders from airlines including American Airlines, ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world's fastest plane, has broken the sound barrier for the first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, the Telegraph reports. The ...

Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based aerospace company, announced Tuesday that its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft flew at March 1.122 which was about 750 mph. "XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...