For the first time in over 20 years, a civilian aircraft has surpassed the sound barrier. The rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora, developed by Dawn Aerospace, reached Mach 1.1 during a test flight. This ...

Nicknamed Glamorous Glennis in honor of Yeager’s wife, the Bell X-1 achieved Mach 1.06 (approximately 1,299 km/h or 807 mph), ...

When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...

An aircraft certification will allow the model ... The company hit Mach 0.82 during a test flight Saturday and expects to break the sound barrier within the next few months. The test campaign ...

Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 ...

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since Concorde. The Aurora also shattered the highest climb rate record, ascending to about 66,000 feet in just 118.6 seconds – 4.2 seconds ...

Dawn Aerospace has flown its rocket-powered aircraft past the speed of sound, the latest milestone on its path to its first commercial flights. During the test, which took place on New Zealand’s ...

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