Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...
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 ...
Venus Aerospace is building a hypersonic aircraft that can carry about a dozen passengers, traveling at Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. The Stargazer, ...
The Global 8000 cockpit will also have the same avionics system as the Global 7500, including a heads-up display, Enhanced ...
The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
Dubbed "son of Concorde", the XB-1 ascended to an altitude of 35,000 ft over the Mojave desert in California before cranking the "accelerator" to reach Mach 1.1 – around 844 mph and equivalent ...
The former manager of a popular Brighton music venue has been found guilty of sexual assault. Daniel Knowles, a former manager of Concorde 2, was found guilty by a jury at Lewes Crown Court on ...
With a flying altitude of 12.4 miles above the ground ... Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance ...
With a flying altitude of 12.4 miles above the ground ... was just to ensure the drone is able to taxi properly - not fly. CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate luxury ...
So making this work requires technology not available in Concorde's era. Boomless Cruise requires engines powerful enough to break the sound barrier at an altitude high enough that the boom has enough ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A startup wants to revive the era of the supersonic Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out — but without the noisy boom and ...