A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier ... fly faster than the speed of sound — typically about 760 mph (1,223 kph) near sea level but ...

String rays and manta rays don't just have wings for show—they actually use them to fly out of the water and through the air.

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph ... probably won’t reach the ground,” Brandenburg said. “We plan to fly at 34,000 feet, so the energy will likely dissipate over the roughly ...