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 ...

For most travelers, the loud, window-rattling boom of a supersonic jet is something you hear about in documentaries rather than experience in real life. Public noise restrictions have kept passenger ...

An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off ...

Now here’s one for the mantelpiece. A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as America’s first civil supersonic jet completed its second flight at speeds exceeding ...

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 ...

(CNN) — The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to end the 52-year ban on supersonic flights in the United States, which will clear the way for commercial passenger aircraft to ...

The real benefit aligns with the NFL's goal of permanent international expansion. Faster travel windows could allow for more ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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, ...