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 ...

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 ...

The airspace in which Boom Supersonic complete its test holds historic significance—known as the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor, the area is named after the first plane to break the sound barrier ...

On Jan. 28, 2025, American aviation company Boom Supersonic achieved a significant milestone toward civilian supersonic flight when its demonstrator aircraft, the Boom XB-1, broke the sound ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time with a top speed of Mach 1.1. Another small step toward the return of supersonic travel. Skip to main content ...

XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, according to Boom Supersonic.

Boom Supersonic on Wednesday unveiled what it hopes to be the first step in letting ordinary people fly ... But the company is not alone in helping paying passengers to break the sound barrier again.

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.

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