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 ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during ...

Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.

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

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

Here’s What You Need to Know: America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager ...

Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...

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.