A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
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 f ...
The Denver-based aircraft manufacturer spent 2024 preparing its prototype aircraft to break the sound barrier. Boom entered 2025 with $100 million in new financial backing in place. The PTI ...
There were more sighs of relief than “I told you so” in the aftermath of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier Jan. 28 on its initial three attempts.
A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a ...
The flight on January 28 happened in the same airspace where, in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier in his bright orange Bell X-1 rocket plane. (Photo credit: Mike ...
Wednesday’s midair collision is the first fatal U.S. commercial airline incident since a 2009 propeller plane crash near Buffalo. Commercial airline incidents were more common in the early 2000s ...
A pilot of the American Airlines plane told his family how much he was looking forward to being together on a cruise next week in his final words as he boarded the aircraft that crashed in ...
A little girl and her mother are among at least six people killed in the US's second aircraft tragedy in two days. The tragic relatives and four crew members were travelling in a medical transport ...