Supersonic flight began with dangerous experiments in the 20th century and culminated in Chuck Yeager breaking the sound ...

Born from Cold War paranoia and powered by four J79 turbojets, the B-58 Hustler tore through the sound barrier and Strategic Air Command expectations, leaving a sonic boom on history.

In October 1965 Breedlove ran 526 mph, only to see that record surpassed a few days later when Arfons' 544 put him on top. Seven days passed before Breedlove again regained the mark with a 555-mph ...

Whoosh! Transatlantic flight reaches peak speed near 840 mph but doesn’t break sound barrier A commercial flight from Newark to Lisbon reached its destination an hour ahead of its normal flight ...

The breakthrough for the aircraft came following repeated failures to break the sound barrier in previous test flights, with one earlier this month only reaching 728 mph. With Monday’s test ...

Boom Supersonic’ s XB-1 aircraft climbed over 35,000ft on Tuesday before accelerating to Mach 1.1 speed and then breaking the sound barrier in three high-speed runs spanning 35 minutes over the ...

The speed of sound is 343 meters per second, or about 761 mph. The students had just broken the sound barrier — with a ping-pong ball.

The Austrian who made history in 2012 by becoming the first human to break the sound barrier with only his body died Thursday when his paraglider crashed in Italy.