Two decades after Concorde’s last flight a new class of supersonic commercial jets are on the horizon. Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic ...

The Concorde was legendary for its supersonic speed, capable of flying from London to New York in just three and a half hours ...

The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms. It was a controversial test — ...

Boom Supersonic announced that it could fly faster than the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Elon Musk backed the CEO's calls for regulatory changes to allow supersonic flights over land. A change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Concorde was noisy, fuel-inefficient, and very expensive. But it remains the only plane to achieve supersonic commercial ...

Supersonic commercial flights are on the road to making a comeback, decades after the Concorde took to the skies and then witnessed a spectacular fall that was a mix of commercial as well as technical ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ever since the Concorde retired in 2003 after only 27 years of flying, supersonic commercial flights have seemingly been a pipe dream, but new developments in science in technology ...

Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and sustainable. Flying passengers at twice the speed of sound, ...

NASA has already proved that its needle-nosed X-59 can move seriously fast in recent test flights. Now, the next step is to find out whether it can break the sound barrier without announcing its ...

Concorde drew 44 options across ten airlines, including Pan Am, TWA, Qantas, Japan Airlines and Lufthansa. Proposed services ...

Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic speeds on multiple outings. The company hopes to take what it learns from XB-1 to produce a full-size ...