Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Boom Supersonic has completed a test flight of a civil aircraft, breaking the sound barrier three times. The XB-1 prototype ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its ... 6:45am PST/ 9:45am EST/ 2:45pm GMT. Though it is worth noting that test flights can be delayed at any moment due to the weather.

Overture will have a top speed of Mach 1.7, slower than Concorde’s maximum speed of Mach 2.04, but still fast enough to cut in half the seven hours that it takes to fly from New York to London ...

The Concorde, retired in 2003 because of an infamous crash that killed over 100 people and high running costs, was the only supersonic commercial jet that ever flew, boasting a top speed of Mach 2 ...

The Mach 1 milestone was reached on the ... the subsonic airplanes that are flying today." In 1996, Concorde set a speed record of just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds between New York and ...

Concorde was a British-French supersonic airliner which predominantly flew routes between New York and London or Paris. It could accelerate up to around Mach 2 (1,354mph) - more than twice the ...