He said he hopes now to “bring the benefits of supersonic flight to everyone”. “XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived,” he ...

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to achieve the feat since the British-French supersonic airliner, which was retired in 2003. The XB-1 broke the sound barrier for the first ...

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

As a part of the Overture's development process, Boom Technology has developed another aircraft called the Boom XB-1. A compact version of the full-fledged passenger plane, the Boom XB-1 is ...

THE XB-1 'Son of Concorde' jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, its test pilot has revealed. And civilians on the ground will ...

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10 ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

SON of Concorde' XB-1 jet is "on track" to break the sound barrier in early 2025, makers of the supersonic plane have announced. In its first major update of the year, bosses at Colorado-based ...