(CNN) — Earlier this month, a demonstrator aircraft for what could be the first new civil supersonic plane to be launched since the 1960s took to the skies. It’s a milestone moment in the highly ...

The 12th flight by the company was conducted in a special air corridor over California that's reserved for supersonic tests – the same airspace, as it happens, where Chuck Yeager became the first man ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane ...

Boom Supersonic, a company working to develop passenger aircraft capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound, announced that its planes will be able to fly at supersonic speeds without the ...

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic commercial flight. Reading time 2 minutes The aerospace company Boom ...

We visited Boom Supersonic's hangar in Mojave, California, as the company prepared to break the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer ...

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the ...

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 ...

Designed too late for World War II, the Douglas A-1 Skyraider entered service just as the jet age began to dominate military ...