Boom Supersonic will test fly its new faster-than-sound XB-1 jet in 2021. News. By Elizabeth Howell published 24 November 2020 The Talon's first demonstration flight is months away.

Boom Supersonic approved to fly test plane at Mach 1 for first time. expand. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstration plane above the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California.

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

Boom Supersonic expects to break the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, ... At closer to 60,000 feet, where Boom hopes to fly, this curvature becomes even more pronounced.

Colorado startup Boom Supersonic is hoping to revive the era of the ultra-speedy Concorde with its Mach 1.7 Overture passenger jet, and its prototype is finally gearing up for its first flight ...

As more hopeful news emerges on the Boom Supersonic front, some skeptics still wonder whether the upstart passenger aircraft manufacturer is talking faster than it ever will fly. American Airlines ...

T he Boom Overture is an upcoming supersonic transport. It will carry 60 to 80 passengers traveling at Mach 1.7, with a range of 4,250 NM (7,870 KM). Some speculate about whether the plane will ...

Boom, the Denver-based startup company developing what could be the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde, will build a factory at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.

Boom's Overture is expected to be ready by 2025 and to fly commercial flights by the end of the decade. Boom Supersonic. Boom says that the Overtures won't have the same problem.

LOS ANGELES - Boom Supersonic is setting out to redefine commercial travel by bringing supersonic speed to flights. According to the company, founded in 2014 by Blake Scholl, its vision is to ...

Yet engineers never stopped chasing the dream. NASA’s experimental X-59 promises to swap that jarring boom for a gentle thump, opening the door to passenger jets that fly Boston to Los Angeles ...

There’s no shortage of ambition in commercial aviation — we wouldn’t have heavier-than-air flight without dreamers, after all — but Boom Supersonic is in its own category when it comes to ...