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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...

The Concorde passenger jet never really took off ... by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to ...

Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone Tuesday on its path to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 scale ...

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 ...