Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...

The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...

One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...

American Airlines and United Airlines have pledged to buy jets from Boom Supersonic. Boom said last year it has orders for 130 aircraft, which include orders and pre-orders. Those commercial ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which reportedly could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...

NASA says the X59 supersonic jet will produce a sonic thump instead of a sonic boom, which might help lower it's noise.

When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Being a test pilot isn’t always the healthiest business in the world. [In the 1950s, test pilots were being killed at the rate of about one a week.] Alan Shepard, the first American in ...

Supersonic commercial air travel is looking more and more realistic ... United and Japan Airlines have already placed dozens of orders and preorders for the supersonic aircraft. However, like anything ...

“Modified commercial engines just didn’t have ... “Aircraft companies seeking to test civil supersonic aircraft require a special flight authorization.” Boom originally planned for ...