The Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster was America's first turbojet bomber, but delays and a rival design ended its production hopes.

Designed by Boom Supersonic, the XB-1 represents a demonstration of state-of-art technology for future high-speed flight. Being scheduled to be flight tested in 2021, it represents the first civil ...

The XB-1, piloted by chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg, reached an altitude of 34,000 feet before accelerating to supersonic speeds. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft broke ...

Boom has been given permission to go supersonic by the US FAA. The first-ever Special Flight Authorization (SFA) to Exceed Mach means the company's XB-1 prototype will be allowed to break the sound ...

The Enigmatic XB-51 Was Ahead of Its Time, and That May Have Ended its Program. It’s unusual for an airplane to almost completely disappear from history. Especially a pioneering aircraft that emerged ...

The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world's first ...

The experimental legacy of the iconic XB-70 Valkyrie, which made its first flight on Sept. 21, 1964. An article published on the U.S. Air Force website commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of sound in a test flight on Tuesday—the first time a plane has accomplished that feat without the fuels of government direction, ...

TORRANCE, Calif., (April 10, 2014) – Digital design never drove so well. Scion will debut the xB Release Series 10.0 at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, April 16, bringing together ...

The automatic transmission only has four gears, leading to clunky gear changes. Cabin electronics, especially the Bluetooth phone system, fall far behind the competition. Bottom line: Although it has ...