New Concorde' attempts to break sound barrier on first supersonic flight - Boom’s inaugural XB-1 supersonic test flight takes off later today ...

US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane ...

Colorado company Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier with its test plane XB-1 during a test flight this morning, with the flight due to be streamed live online ...

One of the biggest problems facing supersonic aircraft today is the sonic boom issue. Once an airplane goes fast enough, the ...

SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test flight.

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator is set to exceed Mach 1 (770 mph) in a series of four-minute runs above the Mojave Desert in California. The US firm hopes it will pave the way for the introduction ...

A 'new Concorde' has broken the sound barrier - the Boom XB-1 test plane was launched from California's Mojave Air and Space Port and reached supersonic speeds of Mach 1.1 ...

NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as Concorde ...

After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...