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 ...

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

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 ...

NASA’s Quesst Mission aims to develop a new supersonic jet that produces quiet sonic booms, allowing for faster-than-sound ...

There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering ... an investigators' interim report into the crash added. Thirty of these 57 incidents since the plane came into service in 1976 were on ...

TRUMP has shown off designs for the "Son of Concorde" supersonic jet, as the firm behind it readies ... also fell after an Air France Concorde crashed just minutes after taking off from Paris ...

Of all the factors that killed off Concorde more than two decades ago, it was the jet’s thunderclap-loud sonic boom that ...

he is among an elite few who took controls of the iconic plane for the last time. Having been withdrawn from service after a devastating Air France Concorde crash, three decades of supersonic ...

Lower airfare and a taller cabin Boom's plan to eliminate the high costs associated with the Concorde may bring down supersonic ticket prices — making the jet more affordable for airlines and ...

Boom Supersonic ... aircraft have historically "been the work of nation states, developed by militaries and governments," and it's right. The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde ...

he is among an elite few who took controls of the iconic plane for the last time. Having been withdrawn from service after a devastating Air France Concorde crash, three decades of supersonic flight ...