Supersonic flight refers to aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound, approximately Mach one at sea level, or ...
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in late January with its XB-1 test jet, paving the way forward in the startup's efforts to build its own supersonic airliner. Boom and NASA released a unique ...
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Why fighter jets needed a waist to break the sound barrier

We rewind to the early Cold War and trace how Convair’s F-102 went from a subsonic embarrassment to a Mach-capable interceptor. We break down the failed engines and drag disaster, then show how ...
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the ...