Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...

where Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier in level flight, in the X-1 aircraft in 1947. Reaching an altitude of 35,290 ft (19,756 m), the Boom XB-1 became not only the ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

Today’s test flight took place in airspace known as the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor (named after the first plane to break the sound barrier) and lasted almost 34 minutes. The 63-foot-long plane ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier ... a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor ...