With increasing scrutiny on the environmental consequences of flying, it is important to consider the effect of supersonic ...

Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took flight for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic travel. A marvel of engineering, this iconic airliner could cruise at Mach 2.04, cutting ...

This allowed Nasa to snap the XB-1 flying in front of the Sun, which meant it could capture the changing air density around the aircraft when it was flying at supersonic speeds. CONCORDE was the ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

Of all the factors that killed off Concorde more than two decades ago, it was the jet’s thunderclap-loud sonic boom that ...

"We didn't invent anything," Scholl said. "Concorde proved you can fly a supersonic airplane with passengers on it half a century ago. The job of the Overture is to do it economically." An ...

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles per hour. Boom Supersonic is ...