The aviation industry is witnessing a resurgence of interest in supersonic travel. From Boom Supersonic to the rollout of ...

The XF-84H Thunderscreech was an experimental aircraft designed to push the limits of supersonic propeller technology—but instead, it became one of the loudest and most impractical planes ever built.

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...

The Thunderscreech was an experimental American turboprop plane created to as an experimental variant of the the F-84 Thunderstreak fighter jet. Development began after the Navy issued a requirement ...

The 12th flight by the company was conducted in a special air corridor over California that's reserved for supersonic tests – the same airspace, as it happens, where Chuck Yeager became the first man ...

As part of GE Aerospace's Atmospheric Test of Launched Air-breathing System (ATLAS) program, a Starfighters F-104 aircraft was used to conduct three (3) successful supersonic captive carry flights ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane ...

Boom’s next development step is proving commercial supersonic flight is valid, sustainable and scalable for an aircraft projected to hold between 65 and 80 passengers.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the ...

Boom Supersonic, a company working to develop passenger aircraft capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound, announced that its planes will be able to fly at supersonic speeds without the ...

We visited Boom Supersonic's hangar in Mojave, California, as the company prepared to break the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer ...

More than 20 years after the last commercial Concorde flight, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land across the country. That ...