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 has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, becoming the first US-made civil aircraft to do so ... broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947 in the Bell X-1. Piloted by ...

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...

The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

The American-built civil supersonic jet is made from carbon fibre ... and flew through the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor for 35 minutes.

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

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic during a test flight on Jan. 28, 2025. | Credit: Boom Supersonic via X "I'm just to-the-moon excited about how well that went," Krauland said during ...

The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live ... bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane.