B oom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound, have successfully tested their XB-1 jet. According to the company, the jet was able to ...

Boom CEO Blake Scholl confirmed that on January 28, the XB-1 successfully broke the sound barrier three times without ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave ...

Aerospace startup Boom says they've proven quiet supersonic flight is possible with their passenger airplanes after a successful second test flight.

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Private jets allow passengers to significantly reduce journey times, as they can travel without having to arrive at an ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...

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 ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...

XB-1 broke the sound barrier in a special piece of airspace called the "Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor" after pilot Chuck Yeager's historic 1947 supersonic flight. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 piloted ...

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