Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing ...

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most advanced supersonic fighters of today, used by the U.S. Air Force and military ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the ...

Its three faster-than-sound legs, maxing out at Mach 1.11, happened in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor—a piece of airspace, ...

One category: Flying supersonic in planes ... INDIAN SPRINGS, NV - An F-16C Fighting Falcon during a U.S. Air Force firepower demonstration at Nevada Test and Training Range, September 14 ...

Its XB-1 is a one-third-scale demonstrator ... the U.S. Army Air Forces and the U.S. Air Force. According to the National Aviation Academy, "supersonic speed is the speed of an object that is ...

Boom Overture taking off from Edwards Air Force Base, where Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947 (Picture: Boom Supersonic) The Boom Overture could cut ...

Chuck Yeager, a United States Air Force officer, became the first person to exceed the speed of sound in the same airspace in 1947. The XB-1 model is Boom’s supersonic demonstrator is one-third ...

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

Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ... first supersonic flight possible,” said Brandenburg. The Baby Boom is only about one-third ...

The flight is expected to last between 30 and 45 minutes, according to Boom, and the test plane should reach a cruising speed of Mach 1.1 in two specially designated supersonic corridors close to ...