When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff ...

Sixty-seven years ago today, the Douglas DC-8 soared into the skies for the first time, marking a bold step into the jet age. On May 30, 1958, test pilot Arnold G. Heimerdinger guided the sleek ...

Supersonic flight means breaking the sound barrier, but there are some myths as to what pilots actually feel at Mach 1. Here's the truth from experts.

For decades, supersonic commercial airline flight has been banned over land by global aviation law because of the problems the sonic boom can produce on the ground. That may change as early as ...