A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday ... of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those ...

the area is named after the first plane to break the sound barrier in 1947. Tuesday’s success comes less than a year after the demonstrator aircraft’s debut flight on March 22, 2024.

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt with the XB-1 prototype of its Overture aircraft — and then repeated the feat two more times.

Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the… An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound barrier – and its first supersonic test flight takes off today (28 ...

The Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1, during a test flight Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, over the Mohave Desert, Calif. A sleek white aircraft became the first ...