Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

The blade tip speed limit of a propeller plane's propeller can determine the plane's top speed for reasons relating to design ...

AVIATION: Through the Sonic Barrier. 5 minute read. ... J47 turbojet and a Reaction Motors rocket engine, had become the first U.S. combat plane to fly through the sound barrier in level flight.

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it could now be viable.

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

Regulators aimed to prove that sonic booms wouldn’t impact eve Boom Supersonic announced last week that its XB-1 test plane broke the sound barrier without an audible boom on the ground.

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 ...

NASA is trying to break the sound barrier in a new and exciting way. Normally when something breaks the sound barrier, it creates a massive sonic boom heard miles away, depending on the plane’s ...

If NASA’s bet on the X-59 pays off, it will revolutionize commercial aviation, making the journey from New York to Paris a four-hour joyride.

Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?