Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While this first flight was in fact a gliding test, the X-1 would become the first ...

The X-1 was first flown on glide tests, in Florida, after being dropped from a B-29 at 29,000 feet. It wasn’t until information collected during the glide tests was processed, and adjustments were ...

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

The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor ... supersonic ...

in the X-1 aircraft in 1947. Reaching an altitude of 35,290 ft (19,756 m), the Boom XB-1 became not only the first commercial, piloted supersonic flight since Concorde retired in 2003, it was also ...

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The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft achieves supersonic speed, surpassing the sound barrier and paving the way for next ...

Brandenburg teased a future demonstration that also involves NASA – possibly hinting at a future joint flight with both the XB-1 and NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft. The X-59 is designed to ...