Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break

Boom Supersonic this week successfully flew the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft over the Mojave Desert in California, USA.

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MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture transport with the successful supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator, the first independently developed faster-than-sound aircraft.

American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday.

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Boom Technologies XB-1 test plane has become the first aircraft not built with government involvement to break the sound barrier in a test flight over the Mojave desert.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.122 in a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert, marking the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde. - Ana

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off Tuesday.

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.