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

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

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 ...

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

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

Of all commercial aviation endeavours, few have had such a lasting impression on the general public as the Concorde project.

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 ...

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 ...

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Boom Supersonic test pilot uses precise maneuvering to help NASA snap a photo of the firm’s civil supersonic jet in flight.

The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...