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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The era of supersonic commercial flying "came to an abrupt end" in 2003 with the retirement of Concorde, said the Financial Times. The revolutionary aircraft's high fuel consumption made it ...

NASA captures a historic image of the XB-1 supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier without a loud boom, marking a breakthrough.

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An ...

As the aircraft flew in front ... years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the ...