It took off with a bang. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American ...

Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ago, and paves the way for the return of commercial supersonic flights aboard ...

Colorado company Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier with its test plane XB-1 during a test flight this morning, with the flight due to be streamed live online ...

Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.

A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test flight.

Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight - Boom’s inaugural XB-1 supersonic test flight reached speeds ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound barrier – and its first supersonic test flight takes off today (28 January) ...

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet has broken the sound barrier during ... the line’s “Overture” aircraft – set to be the ...

Despite the love it received from the public, Concorde ... sound barrier, but they tend to be much more fuel-efficient. Boom has made some positive noises around the sustainability of its aircraft ...