Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

Virgin Galactic’s private jet represents a very bold step toward making supersonic travel a reality for an elite few. Unlike ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...

"We didn't invent anything," Scholl said. "Concorde proved you can fly a supersonic airplane with passengers on it half a century ago. The job of the Overture is to do it economically." An ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

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

Concorde - which ceased flying in 2003 - made a thunderous noise when flying faster than Mach 1. This meant it was limited to flying faster than the speed of sound over sea with only two routes ...

Concorde has been cleared to fly again after an announcement that its certificate of airworthiness is to be returned, British Airways said today. The Civil Aviation Authority and its French ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

Sir Richard Branson has stepped up his battle to keep Concorde flying by raising his airline's offer to British Airways to £1 million a plane. The Virgin Atlantic chairman is prepared to pay £5 ...