The sound, detectable miles away at a popular ... recent reports about sonic boom risks. “Starbase is an area that ...

The Bell Jet Ranger (seen in shadow), acted as a mobile repeater, capable of speaking to him directly if mission control lost radio contact. After mentioning the sonic boom in an article he wrote ...

Boom Supersonic carried out its first faster-than-sound flight Tuesday, reaching a remarkable milestone as it seeks to bring commercial supersonic flight back to the skies. The company's XB-1 ...

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a ...

A sonic boom was heard across the Washington ... The aircraft was a private business jet owned by Encore Motors of Melbourne, the Times reported. John Rumpel, who runs the company, told the ...

“We’ve got the only operational, non-military supersonic jet in the world,” he said. “That’s the XB-1 prototype. We’ve demonstrated we can do it without a sonic boom.” Boom ...

NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet is a step closer to flight after ... to hit supersonic speeds without creating an audible sonic boom, a typical side effect of supersonic flight.

Of course, the AS3 will not be the first supersonic passenger jet. That distinction ... to reflect sound away from the ground. In other words, the plane will still boom, you just won't hear ...

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 ...

"We’ve got the only operational, non-military supersonic jet in the world," he said. "That’s the XB-1 prototype. We’ve demonstrated we can do it without a sonic boom." Scholl’s company ...