Lockheed Martin is constructing the X-59 prototype for NASA in California and is planning to operate test flights of the ...

Outrageously speedy air travel could soon be soaring back on to the scene - here's everything you need to know about Concorde ...

Supersonic jet the Concorde first took off in 1969, then started offering incredibly fast commercial flights from 1979. The ...

(CNN) — The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — ...

Concorde was the king of the skies until it stopped flying in 2003. The plane was famous for its “supersonic” travel and now, over two decades later, it could be making a return. An expert has shared ...

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...

The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York. But, for an entire generation of travelers and aviators, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Planes are slow, and apart from the Concorde, they reached peak speed around 40 years ago, flying under the speed of sound.

Leading the charge is Boom Supersonic, which is exhibiting at NBAA-BACE for the first time. Unlike its erstwhile counterpart and one-time NBAA-BACE regular Aerion, Boom is targeting the airline market ...