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

See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

The moment of truth — perhaps destiny — has arrived for Boom Supersonic and its Overture aircraft. The attempt to achieve supersonic flight at Mach 1.1 is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. EST on ...

Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet became the first independently developed aircraft to break the sound barrier in the Mojave Desert ...

A security camera captured the moment a driver watched helplessly as their car was smashed by a train in Bristol, Tennessee.

The Concorde aircraft, despite actually managing to be profitable, proved that airlines could, in theory, turn a profit if ...

Aviation startup Boom Supersonic announced its XB-1 demonstrator broke the sound barrier for the first time over in California ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...