3 days ago · Some 11.5 minutes into the flight — the 12th overall for the XB-1 — at an altitude of around 35,000 feet (10,668 meters), the test plane exceeded Mach 1, the speed of sound, …

2 days ago · The fastest speed the XB-1 had reached prior to the January 28 flight was Mach 0.95, just below the supersonic threshold of Mach 1, which it hit during its last test flight on …

2 days ago · Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 13:40. A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert.

The XL-15 is a hyperspeed spacecraft that appears in 2022 Disney/Pixar animated film, Lightyear. Buzz's primary mission in the film was to test fuel concoctions in an effort to reach hyperspeed …

2 days ago · During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound.

1 day ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier during a test flight at California's Mojave Air & Space Port this week, marking the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since …

3 days ago · The XB-1 first got off the ground in March 2024.The test vehicle has flown 11 times to date, breaking new ground on each liftoff. For example, during its most recent flight, which …

2 days ago · During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times …

Sep 15, 2022 · Watch the official "Our first HYPERSPEED Test Flight is a GO!" clip of Disney Pixar's Lightyear (2022). ABOUT LIGHTYEAR (2022): Legendary space ranger Buzz …

2 days ago · The success of the XB-1 could herald a return for supersonic commercial flight. The test flights are meant to inform the design of a planned Overture airliner that Boom Supersonic …