More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work.

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier ...

NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as Concorde ...

Those commercial flights could be limited to ocean crossings or would have to slow down over land to limit damage ... On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel and exploded ...