Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator flew for the 13 th and final time at Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Feb. 10, ...

Designed in the early 1950s, the Payen Pa-49 Katy had a delta wing, jet engine, fixed gear, wooden structure, and less thrust ...

Imagine flying from New York to Los Angeles in just two hours—a dream that has lingered in the minds of travel enthusiasts since the retirement of the supersonic passenger jet, Concorde. Now, that ...

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture transport with the successful supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator, the ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California's Mojave desert ...

During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound.

The aircraft was flown to a speed of Mach 1.1 by former U.S. Navy aviator and Boom test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, from the Mojave Air & Space Port, California. For the majority of its ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved ...

The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the 120s test of the supersonic combustion ramjet – or scramjet – at a facility in Hyderabad, according to India’s defence ...

THE XB-1 'Son of Concorde' jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, its test pilot has revealed. And civilians on the ground will ...