Supersonic commercial travel became a reality after Concorde began flights with British Airways and Air France in January ...

I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...

The Concorde, the iconic supersonic passenger jet, remains one of the most impressive feats in aviation history. Flying at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2), the Concorde could cross the Atlantic in ...

A ‘son of Concorde’ that could New York to London in under four hours is a step closer to take-off. NASA’s X-59 quiet ...

NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic ...

Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144 cruised at Mach 2 at 60,000 feet, where their indicated airspeed was only 380 knots, but the friction of air heated their noses to 260 degrees Fahrenheit.

According to British Airways, a typical London to New York crossing would take a little less than three and a half hours on ...

Afterburners give fighter jets the ability achieve supersonic speeds. Meanwhile, supercruise means they can cruise at ...

On its ninth test and development flight, the XB-1 broke its own PR for altitude, achieving Mach 0.82 at 25,040 ft safely. ... (or Concorde 2.0, as we like to call it).

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. ... In 1996, Concorde set a speed record of just 2 hours, 52 minutes, ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed supersonic jet. The company is also working on a supersonic passenger ...