Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

Formula One 's eleventh team, Cadillac, has reportedly paid a staggering $450 million anti-dilution fee to join the premier ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took flight for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic travel. A marvel of ...

Of all the factors that killed off Concorde more than two decades ago, it was the jet’s thunderclap-loud sonic boom that ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A startup wants to revive the era of the supersonic Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out — but without the noisy boom and ...

A full-size replica of the front a Concorde aircraft is just one of the items up for auction after the closure of a theme park in Cornwall last year. Flambards in Helston closed in November 2024 due ...