The Concorde program was the world's first supersonic airliner, undertaken in a joint development and manufacturing effort by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concorde took its ...

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 ...

Passenger aircraft could fly from New York to Los Angeles in around two hours, but there are still challenges that stand in the way. reading time 3 minutes It’s been 22 years since the last flight of ...

The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York. But, for an entire generation of travelers and aviators, ...

Faster than the Concorde, bigger than any airliner before it — the Boeing 2707 SST was meant to revolutionize air travel. But politics, technology, and public backlash grounded America’s supersonic ...

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, ...

More than 20 years after the last commercial Concorde flight, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land across the country. That ...

Boom Supersonic's goal is to design and manufacture a supersonic airliner, which it calls Overture. [Courtesy: Boom Supersonic] Blake Scholl’s is a familiar Silicon Valley story. He graduated from ...

After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...

Over nine decades, commercial aircraft have transformed from fragile propliners into advanced widebodies . The story of how ...

Introducing the wonderful Venezianico Bucintoro 1976 Chronograph ✓ A stunning limited edition to honor the Concorde ✓ See it ...

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 ...