The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live ... overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused.

Boom says there are more than 600 transoceanic routes on which Overture could provide a supersonic solution without changing current regulations relating to sonic booms. “Overture was created to ...

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About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde ... about noise from its loud turbojet engines and its sonic booms. Scholl says Concorde had very loud, converted ...

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago ... The plane was also the subject of complaints about noise from its loud turbojet ...

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 countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that ... Flight experts say in ideal conditions, a sonic boom can be heard up to 30 miles away from the source.