The same airspace saw Chuck Yeager become the first person to exceed the speed of sound in 1947. Boom’s test plane is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier ...

Boom Supersonic has taken a significant step forward with the development of its Concorde replacement.The Latest Tech News, ...

The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound ... 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970 ...

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ... The flight is expected to last between 30 and 45 minutes, according to Boom, ...

Scholl said future Overture versions are planned to fly Mach-speed over land by eliminating the sonic boom. He said another significant change from the Concorde will be ticket price, which will be ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator is the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde, reaching a speed of Mach 1.1 (around 844 miles per hour) over the Mojave desert in ...

Boom Supersonic has achieved the first supersonic flight of its X-B1 demonstrator aircraft, heralding a major step forward in the development of its Concorde ... at the 1:01:25 mark in the video ...

British Airways flight BA274 from Las Vegas to Heathrow reached near-record speeds of 814mph on Wednesday – more than 200mph faster than the average transatlantic speed, according to data from ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached ... where Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.