‘Thousands more people blighted’: Study warns climate change will increase aircraft noise

Warmer air will keep planes lower for longer, exposing more Europeans to aircraft noise, say scientists. View on euronews ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound

High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time when Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator reached Mach 1.122. Piloted by a ...
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 ...
News Medical

Study assesses effects of chronic aircraft noise on Peninsula residents

From their analysis, the researchers identified nearly 5,800 flight events across all monitoring locations and periods. Of these, 88% were military aircraft, 6% were propeller planes, 5% were ...