The Son of Concorde, an XB-1 jet, has reportedly broken the sound barrier, making it one step closer to an astonishing feat.

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.

Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...

The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in late January. The small jet, officially ...

CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which reportedly could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The ...

In fact, the situation may be even more stark. Supersonic aircraft tend to fly at high altitudes (Concorde flew at 60,000ft (18km) rather than the 40,000ft (12km) typical for most passenger jets ...

Boom Supersonic ... aircraft have historically "been the work of nation states, developed by militaries and governments," and it's right. The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde ...

Last week, American company Boom Supersonic ... demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde was retired from service ...