Tuesday’s flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane.

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during a supersonic test flight. The last flight of a supersonic airliner, ...

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

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound ... Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. It was a step toward ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet has broken the sound barrier during a ... God has given me, the people who have helped me along the ...

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph ... XB-1’s supersonic flight will be between 30 and 45 minutes. Each supersonic run is expected to last close to 4 minutes. Boom has on its website ...

Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this ... Concorde proved too expensive and difficult to run, largely due to the very large amounts of jet fuel it used.

At 91, he is a link to Air Force history, having crossed paths with Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier. He compared supersonic flight, or any flight really, to driving a car.

Tuesday's flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane.

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound ... Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. Here’s a look at the ...