https://www.cnet.com/news/virgin-galactic-unity-space-craft-breaks-new-speed-record/

If you're not a military pilot, your chances of breaking the sound barrier on a supersonic flight are pretty much nonexistent these days. 

But with his venture Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson may change not just that, but carry civilians into space, as well. Thursday the company moved a little closer to that dream with the third successful test flight of its VMS Unity space plane.