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 ...

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

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 ...