A 'son of Concorde' that could get passengers from New York to London in just 90 minutes has achieved supersonic flight, turning heads with an impressive display of speed. Captured in a ...

CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate luxury in air travel. Air France and British Airways announced they would be retiring their fleet of Concorde planes on ...

Supersonic passenger planes could see travel between London and New York cut to just one hour following the unveiling of the 'son of Concorde'. Airbus have filed a patent, identified as an "ultra ...

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Dubbed "son of Concorde", the XB-1 ascended to an altitude of 35,000 ft over the Mojave desert in California before cranking the "accelerator" to reach Mach 1.1 – around 844 mph and equivalent ...

A US aerospace company has announced major progress on its Concorde-like service, a sleek new XB-1 jet. Boom Supersonic confirmed on Monday that the “Son of Concorde” once again flew faster ...

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles per hour. Boom Supersonic is ...