In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District in Johannesburg, Calif., where gold was discovered in 1895. By Jack Flemming ...

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025 ...

A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier ... Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft surpassed Mach 1 while flying at an altitude of 34,000 feet across the Mojave Desert in ...

Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft advances the company’s effort to build a supersonic passenger jet.

The test flight out of the Mojave Air & Space Port took about 34 minutes and reached 35,290 feet in altitude, with the XB-1 reaching a max speed of Mach 1.122, about 750 mph, Boom said in a release.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier.

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert. VIEW E-EDITION 99¢ for 6 mos ...

Colorado-based Boom Supersonic plans to build the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners.

Centennial-based Boom Technology has selected the Colorado Air and Space Port in Adams County as the test ... tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above California’s Mojave Desert.

In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District ...

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