Concorde's nose could heat to 260°F ... look was a by-product of the laws of physics rather than a target of the design team. Technology enabling planes to "fly themselves," automatically ...

China’s Comac is aiming to redefine supersonic travel with its C949 airliner, a 1.6-Mach design promising greater range and significantly reduced noise compared to the Concorde. Comac engineers have ...

but it did introduce an interesting design quirk. Because of the aircraft's body shape, Concorde jets needed to land with their nose angled higher into the air than a traditional commercial airliner.