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United's ‘Son of Concorde' Aircraft Will Travel to Europe in 3 Hours, Asia in 6

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

Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...
Time Out

Concorde could return to the UK in just four years

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

New 'Concorde' hopes erupt as NASA launches supersonic jet

In a major milestone in the return of supersonic travel for passengers, NASA's experimental aircraft is making its maiden flight on Tuesday (October 28). The X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) ...

The forgotten story of the Boeing 2707, America’s ‘lost Concorde’

If you boil it down to the basic facts, the era of commercial supersonic flight was a European phenomenon. Concorde, its ...

New 'Concorde’ could be back in the skies 'by the end of this decade'

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 ...
AOL

Supersonic flight is on its way back. I went on board the first Concorde, where it all began.

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 ...
KEYT

America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem

(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 — ...
insider.si.edu

Fast Forward: The Concorde and the Future of Supersonic Flight

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 ...
IFLScience

Trump Removed Ban On Commercial Supersonic Flight, But That Might Not Be Enough

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 ...
Flightglobal

Boom courts business aviation market amid renewed interest in supersonic flight

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 ...

Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California in unofficial first test flight

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet airplane soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight ...