The Chinese airframer has a way to go in designing a supersonic airliner and has yet to fly a low-boom demonstrator similar ...

Beijing knows that it needs to take over commercial aviation. Supersonic flight is key to that.

Despite early hopes, supersonic civilian aircraft like the Concorde proved economically unsustainable: high fuel and maintenance costs, and too much noise compared with subsonic flight.

Concorde revolutionized commercial air travel with its supersonic speeds and other ... Breaking it down, you had the same ...

Aircraft maker Bombardier says it is close to finalizing assembly of the first Global 8000 business jet, the fastest civilian ...

The autopilot kept the plane on course and even guided the aircraft ... cabin layout, sat just 92. Given Concorde's gas-guzzling, costly operation, you paid dearly for the chance to go supersonic.

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible photo capturing a shockwave emanating from the dark silhouette of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a ...