The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...

A pair of U.S. F-16 fighter jets caused a thundering sonic boom over Washington, D.C., as they tried and failed to contact the unresponsive pilot of a private Cessna jet that wandered into ...

This graphic may make 'boomless cruise' look easier ... involve cruising at up to Mach 1.7. Those speeds will send a sonic boom all the way down to the waves but allow Overture to cut flight ...