In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District in Johannesburg, Calif., where gold was discovered in 1895. By Jack Flemming ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...

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 ...

Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft advances the company’s effort to build a supersonic passenger jet.

Boom’s XB-1 achieves supersonic flight over Mojave desert By David Kaminski-Morrow 2025-01-28T16:44:00+00:00 US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic’s experimental XB-1 aircraft has achieved a speed ...

American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday. Skip to content Close ...

Boom Technology's XB-1 supersonic jet has passed key milestones on the path to its historic first ... The first flight will occur over the Mojave desert in the same patch of airspace where, ...