The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...

Revival of supersonic air travel is a subject which has largely been relegated to 'silly season' status in the two decades ...

It wasn’t fast, sleek, or built to shatter records—but in 1955, a bulky British interceptor known as the Gloster Javelin shocked the world. During a routine night flight, a pilot’s oxygen emergency ...

Boom boasts that XB-1 is the first privately developed jet to break the sound barrier. (Privately developed rocket planes, like Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne , did so previously.) ...

NC-bound Boom Supersonic breaks the sound barrier. Watch its test flight here. January 28, 2025 10:32 AM Brian Gordon. The News & Observer. 919-861-1238 Brian ...

Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?

NC-bound Boom Supersonic breaks the sound barrier. Watch its test flight here. January 28, 2025 10:32 AM Brian Gordon. The News & Observer. 919-861-1238 Brian ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order encouraging the development of supersonic flights on Friday.. Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from ...

Because aircraft that break the sound barrier create shockwaves that produce loud sounds, known as sonic booms, the U.S. government banned supersonic flight over the U.S. out of concern over ...

Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X, noting that in January, his company’s XB-1 aircraft became the first privately developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier.

In January, Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator became the first privately developed civil aircraft to break the sound barrier over the continental U.S. Asked for comment Friday, Boom CEO Blake Scholl ...