Flying wing bombers nearly entered service during WWII and soon after, however, they would become reality until the B-2 in ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during a supersonic test flight. The last flight of a supersonic airliner, ...

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 flight on ...

Boom’s XB-1 provisionally reached M1.1, at an altitude of 35,000ft, around 08:33. The company chose to press the aircraft to this speed to overcome any possible air-data transient effects while ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft climbed over 35,000ft on Tuesday before accelerating to Mach 1.1 speed and then breaking the sound barrier in three high-speed runs spanning 35 minutes over the Mojave ...

On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1.

Image: The XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Pic: Boom Supersonic 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.

The XB-1 supersonic flight took off near Edwards Air Force Base in Mojave, California, and flew through the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor for 35 minutes.

The single-seat, three-engine jet is the first independently developed plane to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

Boom expects the airlines to be profitable at about $5,000 USD a seat, which of course is a high price tag, and the company ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of sound ... Brandenburg then concluded this 35-minute flight with a smooth landing back at Mojave. This was the first time ...