Artist’s conception of the X-59 QueSST, featuring an elongated fuselage that is designed to reduce sonic booms. Sonic booms proved to be a bust for commercial supersonic aircraft, which were ...

Shock waves that cause sonic booms move out in a cone originating from the supersonic object. This makes the perceived boom audible to an observer on the ground on either side of and behind the ...

“You don’t hear a sonic boom from the cockpit because you are leaving the shock waves behind you. You can only feel that she is happy flying at supersonic speed.” Brandenburg is the chief ...

For decades, supersonic commercial airline flight has been banned over land by global aviation law because of the problems the sonic boom can produce on the ground. That may change as early as ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 breaks the sound barrier—the first private aircraft to do so Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is a stepping stone in its plan to develop a commercially viable supersonic airliner ...

"The airplane performed beautifully, it actually flew better supersonic than subsonic," Scholl said. "And we did it with no audible sonic boom, which means you don't actually have to solve the ...

Boom Supersonic isn't publicly traded; accredited investors can invest pre-IPO via platforms like Forge Global. United and American Airlines have agreements to buy Boom’s Overture aircraft ...

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. "I think aviation has always been ...

Jackson State University's Sonic Boom marching band performed with Travis Scott at Coachella 2025. The performance came after ...

The XB-1, affectionately known as the ‘Baby Boom’, is a one-third-scale demonstrator used to test the technology that Boom ...