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

Off the coast of Pusan, South Korea, July 7, 1999 -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) breaks the sound barrier in the skies over the Pacific Ocean. VFA ...

A diagram depicts Mach cutoff, a phenomenon in which supersonic aircraft can fly faster than sound without creating a sonic boom audible on the ... Startup's proving plane breaks sound barrier BOOM!

Rather than paying Bell and Goodlin—who wanted $150,000 to break the sound barrier—in April 1947 the Army decided to use one of its own pilots. Enter Chuck Yeager.

A SOUND BARRIER is a sound barrier is a sound barrier. But to the thousands of commuters who whiz past the newest additions to Interstate 695, the hulking concrete walls are nothing more than an ex… ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A new sound barrier is getting a lot of attention, but it may not catch your eye. A transparent highway barrier went up along Interstate 35E in Little Canada this week.