T he Boom Overture is an upcoming supersonic transport. It will carry 60 to 80 passengers traveling at Mach 1.7, with a range ...

It was sleek, it was iconic, it was faster than the speed of sound. For one unforgettable day nearly 40 years ago, Concorde ...

Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the ...

The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the supersonic plane that could ... to Dublin would log about 3 1/2 hours and a flight from Los Angeles to Tahiti would take about ...

Concorde's first ... Scholl, at the time, touted that the test flight confirmed that 'supersonic travel can be affordable, sustainable, and friendly to those onboard and on the ground'.

In a recent academic paper, Comac engineers revealed the blueprint of a 1.6-Mach airliner designed to fly further and much ...

Concorde was blocked from taking overland ... The US recently marked its first-ever commercial supersonic flight with the homegrown jet XB-1 from Colorado-based Boom Technology.

The Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner that first took to the skies on a test flight in 1969, made just under 50,000 flights for carrier British Airways during its 26-year career.

China has revealed plans for its own supersonic successor to Concorde, launching an aerospace race with the United States. Engineers from the country’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Comac, ...

Why do we think supersonic flight will work on Boom Supersonic Overture at scale when it never did on Concorde? Here's the business case for a renaissance in supersonic flight—and a never-seen ...

On April 23, 1988, smoking on planes for most U.S. air travel came to a halt. National legislation passed in 1989 made the ...

A NEW near-supersonic jet with luxury living spaces, a full kitchen and a shower room is set to take flight this year ... by a civilian since the days of Concorde," Stephen McCullough, Bombardier ...