Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...

Laws that currently ban jets from supersonic flight overland in many ... from the 1960s with a needle-nosed fuselage and delta wings. The Blackbird, which was retired in 1999, was the fastest ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning ... Air Speed (KEAS), which is a pressure on the fuselage and wings greater than what it would experience when flying supersonic at Mach ...

"Flying at supersonic speeds tends to be smoother than ... Compared to a Boeing 747, the delta-wing Concorde guzzled four times as much fuel and carried only one-fifth as many passengers ...

The moment of truth — perhaps destiny — has arrived for Boom Supersonic ... wing-mounted engines that also enable the airliner to cruise just under Mach 1 over land. At those speeds, flying ...

LAS VEGAS — A novel passenger jet could take to the skies in the next five years that has a completely different shape than any currently flying. The plane uses a "blended wing" design ...