NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

The Boom Overture is an upcoming supersonic transport. It will carry 60 to 80 passengers traveling at Mach 1.7, with a range of 4,250 NM (7,870 KM). Some speculate about whether the plane will ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane.

After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't ...

Boeing, certain that the mighty 747 would be the last subsonic aircraft it produced, began working on the 2707 SST (supersonic transport). Lockheed proposed the L-2000, a supersonic aircraft that ...

For six months last year, supersonic aircraft swept over Oklahoma City, subjecting its inhabitants to eight sonic booms a day. It was part of an elaborate test conducted by the Federal Aviation ...

Boom Supersonic is teaming up with Northrop Grumman to create a “special mission” version of its Overture supersonic transport. The aircraft could fill a vital niche, as there are no military ...

Congress voted to end funding for the American supersonic transport program in 1971, which led to surviving bidders Boeing and Lockheed canceling their airliners.

In the 1960s, Boeing's 2707 supersonic jet looked to be the next big thing, but other than a few prototypes, it never came to fruition. What went wrong?

This was immensely discouraging for members of the flight test team, who had been working feverishly to get the first Tu-144 supersonic transport into the skies by a strict Kremlin-imposed deadline.

The existence of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder offers an interesting bit of irony, as least to my mind. Originally the Seattle SuperSonics, a name inspired by Boeing’s supersonic transport ...