A sonic boom shook Washington on Sunday for the saddest of reasons: Military jets had scrambled to intercept a civilian plane whose pilot was incapacitated. For many of us, that boom was a ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

During that highly-anticipated test flight, the jet went above Mach 1 several times “without generating a sonic boom that reached the ground,” the company said.

May 8, 2024 How NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Replaced the Boom With a Quiet Thud NASA's X-59 is designed to create a sonic "thud," with the same noise levels as as a washing machine. Removing the ...

Sonic booms are thunderous noise produced by aircraft vehicles traveling at super sonic speed. A fighter jet caused a sonic boom in Washington, D.C.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl told "Mornings with Maria" on Tuesday that America currently has a leg up on China when it comes to supersonic jets.

Sonic boom shakes D.C. after fighter jets scramble to intercept unresponsive small plane Many questions remain after an unresponsive plane crashed in Virginia after flying over restricted airspace ...

May 14, 2025 NTSB: Pilot of crashed jet chased by military planes suddenly went silent June 21, 2023 Pilot in sonic boom crash had 25,000 hours’ experience with Southwest June 6, 2023 View 3 ...

Associated Press Sonic boom heard across D.C. area as fighter jet scrambles in response to flight of small plane through restricted airspace The Cessna Citation business jet later crashed in a ...

An F-16 from the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing reached supersonic speeds Wednesday on a functional check flight, creating a sonic boom.

For example, NASA's joint project with Lockheed Martin, the X-59 aircraft, allegedly reduces the infamous sonic boom to a "sonic thump," according to the organization.