This doesn’t make crossing the sound barrier completely silent, but it does go a long way towards eliminating the traditional “sonic boom”. On the ground, instead of one loud bang ...

While the plane’s engines were still audible on the ground, surpassing the Mach cutoff ensured no one heard a disruptive sonic boom. According to the company’s February 10th announcement ...

B oom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound, have successfully tested their XB-1 jet. According to the company, the jet was able to ...