The legendary Concorde and the Soviet Tu‑144 were both capable of cruising at roughly twice the speed of sound, making for dramatically fast flight times. Boom’s Overture is designed for a slower ...

Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An ...

Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.

The front third of a full-scale Concorde aircraft will be up for sale A full-size replica of the front a Concorde aircraft is just one of the items up for auction after the closure of a theme park ...

Embraer is “very optimistic for commercial sales in 2025,” but is taking a conservative view and only modestly increasing its guidance on airliner deliveries, president and CEO Francisco Gomes ...

“And if you suffered from claustrophobia then Concorde was not the aircraft for you.” For staff like Ms Kolon, just manoeuvring up and down the aisle pushing a heavy trolley was a physical ...

Images of the wreckage that showed the plane lying belly-up went viral. No fatalities were reported, but 21 people were injured. According to Delta, the last of the injured passengers was released ...