Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While this first flight was in fact a gliding test, the X-1 would become the first ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead ...

Naysayers proposed that to cross the sound barrier would result in the spontaneous combustion of the offending aircraft ... would be the experimental Bell X-1 jet. The National Advisory Committee ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, becoming the first US-made civil aircraft to do so.

US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 aircraft has achieved a speed in excess of Mach 1 for the first time.

a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor, will be livestreamed at 6:45 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from Mojave north of Lancaster. Boom officials explained that the ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 creates a sonic boom inaudible from the ground below when flying at the exact right speed and altitude ...

The most recognizable of the fast aircraft ever flown is the SR-71 Blackbird ... Everyone recalls the Bell X-1 that Chuck Yeager used to break the sound barrier for the first time.