Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
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I captained Concorde's last flight - I'm excited for the return of supersonic
Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...
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BA plans Concorde passenger flights soon
The report added that runway tests with tyres identical to those installed on the crashed Concorde running over a metallic strip of the same shape as that found on the runway reproduced damage ...
A US Navy pilot narrowly avoided crashing into the sea by as little as 16 feet after a 'catastrophic' failure aboard his aircraft carrier
Documents obtained by Business Insider show how the F/A-18 pilot prevented his fighter jet from crashing into the Indian ...
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Commercial Passenger Airplane Crashes Fast Facts
Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...
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XB-1 Aircraft Completes First Supersonic Flight
Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, has made its first supersonic flight. The XB-1 achieved the milestone on ...
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Pre-Orders Growing for the XB-1 as it Breaches Sound Barrier in Latest Test
Supersonic Rebirth Since the beginning of air travel, the industry has always looked at ways to move more people quicker and/or cheaper. When supersonic flight was invented shortly after World War II, ...
Survivor of D.C. Crash Relives Escape from Death Despite 60 Broken Bones After Plane Plunged into Potomac in 1982 (Exclusive)
Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost ...
The moments before 67 souls perished in a midair collision over the Potomac River
A regional jet departed Kansas and headed to one of the country’s most congested and complicated flight approaches, just ...
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Recordings, data aid in search for cause of deadly midair crash, officials say
Federal investigators said Saturday that a clearer picture was beginning to emerge about the circumstances that led to a fiery and deadly midair crash over the Potomac River last week, gathering ...
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What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair Wednesday and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., left no survivors. Some of the ...
Kay Burley reveals ‘awkward’ behind-the-scenes moment after sudden Sky News exit
Now, Kay has shared a video and some pictures of her final day at Sky News HQ, which included an ‘awkward’ moment with media ...