A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.
From the moment Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, zipping from New York to Paris in less than three hours became every traveler’s dream. It’s a dream that shattered as ...
High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time when Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator reached Mach 1.122. Piloted by a ...