Chinese aerospace giant Comac has unveiled its plans for the C949, a supersonic aircraft designed to fly 50% farther than the Concorde and produce sonic booms quieter than a hairdryer. Scheduled ...

Supersonic flight and its visions of high-speed thrills ... I flew the F-104 with Starfighters International in Florida. Our models indicated that XB-1 would handle most similarly to the F ...

"We had supersonic flight and we lost it ... Boom plans to roll out Overture models in two years and have planes passenger-ready in four years, meaning flights could take place by the end of ...

The method can reveal how light bends around differences in air pressure during supersonic flight. The XB-1 team made software using NASA data to guide the pilot on a path where the aircraft could ...

Photo: Boom Supersonic This second trip in the sky was more important than the first one in several respects. First and foremost, data recorded during the flight seems to point to the fact that ...

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 ...

Supersonic aviation pioneers at Boom have assisted the FAA and other regulators around the world in creating new international standards for supersonic flight, according to the company. The ...

Imagery of a plane breaking the sound barrier. (Credit: NASA) Since 1972, supersonic flight over land has been banned in the United States. While commercial airlines like the Concorde proved that ...

NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet is a step closer to flight after passing an important ground test in March. Known as "engine speed hold," the test ensured that the X-59 can maintain a specific ...

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. “I think aviation has always been ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time ever in late January. During that highly-anticipated test flight, the jet went above Mach 1 several times ...