This means that Boom's vision for a far wider range of destinations is a lot more possible; potential routes include San ...

Concorde's successor is well on the way ... To this end, the American company has designed Overture, an airplane with stretched shapes reminiscent of the Franco-British aeroplane.

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 ...

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

Concorde went on to fly executives, celebrities, and even royalty from New York to its flagship destinations of London and Paris. But high maintenance costs and declining passenger numbers ...

During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...

"We didn't invent anything," Scholl said. "Concorde proved you can fly a supersonic airplane with passengers on it half a century ago. The job of the Overture is to do it economically." The ...

Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States ... computational tools and optimization techniques to produce an airplane that is both low boom and low drag?" ...

To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles ... the aircraft when it was flying at supersonic speeds. CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate ...