Convair Isn't The World's Biggest Aircraft Maker, But Its 990 Coronado Was One Of The Fastest Planes Of The 1960s. Why Was ...

The museum traces its roots back to the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation, which was formed in 1965 to restore a 1929 Boeing 80A-1 model. The museum officially took on the name Museum ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An ...

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

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

Venus Aerospace is building a hypersonic aircraft that can carry about a dozen passengers, traveling at Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. The Stargazer, ...

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

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

Concorde made the fastest transatlantic commercial flight from New York to London in 2 hours and 52 minutes. But the era of ...

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 ...

Kids can have a go at being a pilot this February half term at Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor Park, which is bringing back its Flight Academy programme this week. Sessions for kids aged ...