2 days ago · An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test flight Tuesday in the same Mojave Desert airspace in California where Charles “Chuck” Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. ...

3 days ago · 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.

3 days ago · A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off Tuesday. ... 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 ...

3 days ago · Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 13:40. A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert.

2 days ago · An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a ...

4 days ago · Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

3 days ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

2 days ago · The XB-1 jet entered the supersonic corridor and reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122 (652 KTAS or 750mph). This is a historic achievement as it marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier.

3 days ago · A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect high-speed passenger flights two decades after the Concorde’s demise.

3 days ago · Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan ...