The Overture design emphasizes fuel efficiency by completely omitting afterburners and using a lighter composite structure to significantly lower fuel consumption per passenger compared to Concorde.

Virgin Galactic’s private jet represents a very bold step toward making supersonic travel a reality for an elite few. Unlike ...

Concorde revolutionized commercial air travel with its supersonic speeds and other unique features. Whether it was the design ...

Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

Passenger flights are expected to begin in 2029. Overture kept Concorde's Delta-wing design that minimizes aerodynamic "wave drag" at high speeds — meaning the basic airframes look similar.

Admiring its graceful form, one of Concorde's engineers remarked that its sleek look was a by-product of the laws of physics rather than a target of the design team. Technology enabling planes to ...