Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Foreword by Bill Moyers. Amy Goodman breaks through the corporate media’s lies, sound-bites, and silence in this wide-ranging new collection of articles.

The quest to break the sound barrier wasn’t just about speed - it was a high-risk race between nations, engineers, and test ...

The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force. That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world's faster airliner capable of carrying passengers between New York ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.

Normally when something breaks the sound barrier, it creates a massive sonic boom heard miles away, depending on the plane’s altitude. However, NASA’s X-59 plane will try to break the barrier ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier two additional times during its return and descent. Today’s test flight took place in airspace known as the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor (named after the first ...

The sound barrier was broken for the first time in 1947, when Air Force pilot Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a rocket-propelled experimental aircraft across the Mojave Desert -- taking off from the ...

“We are writing to express our strong support for the installation of a sound barrier along I-95 in Greenwich. As a resident of Greenwich, I have experienced firsthand the increasing noise ...