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 ...

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

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

A prototype jet developed by US start-up Boom Supersonic has made history by breaking the sound barrier during a test flight ...

The development of the Bell X-1 rocket plane was one of the company's most significant contributions: the first aircraft to break the sound barrier, followed by the Bell X-2. These experimental ...

This is a unique opportunity to own a well-maintained, one owner low hour Bell 429. The aircraft features a standard 6(+1) passenger seating configuration but will also include an additional 5(+1) VIP ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

The test flight occurred in the same airspace where, in 1947, US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, flying the experimental Bell X-1 aircraft at Mach ...