NORFOLK — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound that has a rich history in American aviation and possibly a muted future: A sonic boom. The boom was ...

A sonic boom was heard across the Washington, D.C., metro area Sunday as fighter jets hit “supersonic speeds” in an attempt to intercept an unresponsive pilot Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity ...

NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59, is on track to match or exceed the speed of sound with a test in early 2023, the space agency says. The plane is designed to do what the X-1 supersonic test pilots did ...

A sonic boom heard around the Washington D.C. area on Sunday afternoon was caused by F-16 fighter jets scrambled by air defense officials to intercept a small private plane with an unresponsive pilot, ...

Fighter jet pilots who attempted to intercept a small private plane flying Sunday in restricted airspace over Washington reported seeing its pilot slumped over and unresponsive, providing a major clue ...

The pilot of a private plane that flew over the nation's capital amid a military jet-caused sonic boom was a retired Southwest Airlines captain with more than 25,000 hours of flying experience, ...