Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

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A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test ...

The XB-1 test plane, which is made by tech firm Boom, broke the speed of sound barrier at around 4.30pm GMT – as the American ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

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The XB-1 – or Baby Boom – is a demonstrator version of the larger Overture aircraft that will carry up to 80 passengers.