Virgin Galactic, a brand of Sir Richard Branson famous for its low-earth orbit rocket ship, has decided to throw its hat into the aviation market place. Specifically, with a supersonic jet capable of ...

The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...

In the case of Pan Am and the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde SST, the hooning took place at nearly three times the speed of sound. And yet, it was seemingly all for nothing in the end. This is the ...

The company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft’s supersonic flight is the ... It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...

Indeed, a quick look through the history books highlights a handful of unique liveries that briefly featured on the aircraft for different reasons. With this in mind, let's take a look back in time ...

However, given the almost unique nature of Concorde as an aircraft at the time of its production (the jet had rivals in the US and the USSR, although both were commercial failures), it took longer ...

From London’s Heathrow Airport, the British Airways Concorde embarked on its maiden voyage to Bahrain. Representational image The engines required to propel the aircraft at supersonic speeds needed to ...

Cathay Pacific flight CX811 from Boston to Hong Kong made a "precautionary flight return to Logan International Airport in accordance with standard procedures" shortly after takeoff, the airline said.

There have been no commercial aircraft capable of supersonic flight since the Concorde - which is why airspace is so limited. The only aircraft to have reached those speeds have either been ...

A FORMER Concorde air hostess will be sharing her memories of the iconic aircraft at an event in Largs. The committee of the Opportunities In Retirement group has extended an invitation to members old ...

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of a Wednesday flight from Georgia to Chicago and was booked on a charge of driving under the influence, a source familiar with the ...