A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier.

Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, has made its first supersonic flight.

An American civil aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time in California’s Mojave Desert, a US aviation company announced on Wednesday.

Get comprehensive coverage of the California issues you care about the most in one free, weekly email. Sign up for WeeklyMatters. Map of active wildfires burning across California. Explore the history ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on first supersonic flight - Boom’s inaugural XB-1 supersonic test flight reached speeds ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

Concorde Career College focuses on the healthcare ... There are 16 campuses in 8 states: California, Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. Short program lengths ...

The test took place over the Mojave Desert in California. Boom Supersonic was ... such as New York to London in roughly three hours. The last Concorde flew over 20 years ago now.