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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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’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 ...

There's still gold in them thar hills. As the price of the precious metal climbs to record highs, prospectors are buying up claims in the Mojave Desert to seek their fortune. But it's the real ...

After 10 months of flight testing, Boom Supersonic has announced that it will make the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 prototype tomorrow at 7:45 am PST in the skies over the Mojave Desert in ...