Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift and control at low speeds. Also, in contrast to the Concorde, its engines ...

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

The Concorde was an engineering marvel, flying passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 2—twice the speed of sound. Designed ...

A 92-year-old model maker from south Shropshire has called it quits and is looking to sell his incredible portfolio of work ...

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

With increasing scrutiny on the environmental consequences of flying, it is important to consider the effect of supersonic ...

There was the little-known Russian Tupolev-144 and Concorde, a Franco-British supersonic airliner operated by British Airways and Air France from 1976 to 2003. Concorde had a capacity of up to 128 ...

Indeed, failing to receive such certification limited Concorde’s routes to London ... to progress its larger 80-seat supersonic airliner, Overture. If all goes to plan, Overture will cruise ...

It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 ... supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French airliner’s final flight in November 2003.

And then his next role? Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company dedicated to bringing Concorde-like travel back to the ...