NASA's X-59 jet will fly faster than speed of sound. 2nd flight today

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...
Flying

Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound

Seven down. Three to go. Boom Supersonic—the developer of a 64-to-80-passenger commercial airliner that flies faster than the speed of sound—last week set speed and altitude records with its XB-1 test ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

What do mysterious 'ding' sounds on airplanes really mean?

As you're sitting on the plane and waiting for takeoff, your airline pilot could activate a "ding" sound mid-flight — but what does that sound really mean? In a now-viral video garnering nearly 10 ...
Newsweek

Pilot Explains Every Single ‘Scary’ Airplane Noise You Hear While Flying

Self-proclaimed "aviation nerd" Riyadh Khalaf highlighted some of these "scary" plane noises in a viral video posted on his TikTok channel @riyadhkhalaf. It has received more than 3.9 million views ...
New Atlas

Boom XB-1 pushes the sound barrier before supersonic flight

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...