In 1967, the F-4 Phantom fighter jet produced the strongest sonic boom ever recorded and hit a remarkable overpressure of 144 ...

On August 9, 1950, Alexander John "Al" Lilly became the first Canadian to break the sound barrier, piloting a Canadair F-86 ...

The English Electric Lightning was a 1950s jet capable of Mach 2 speeds and which served for almost exactly 30 years in the ...

The Bell X-1 is surely one of the most important aircraft of the last century. It flew for the first time in January 19, 1946 ...

Boom Supersonic says its production plane, known as Overture, will fly at 60,000 feet, the same as Concorde. The speed, Mach ...

China say the C949 could reduce Britain to New York journey time from the usual seven hours to less than half that, making ...

From record-breaking speed to a next-generation cabin, Bombardier's Global 8000 aircraft is the future of ultra-long-range ...

The Guardian reports that researchers have developed a new method to reduce the "tunnel boom" effect that occurs when ...

Concorde Corp has promised to produce the "fastest commercial supersonic aircraft EVER BUILT", cutting the journey time from ...

In 1957, a B58 Hustler bomber broke the sound barrier over Lexington, causing chaos in the city for the afternoon.

CHINA has thrown itself into the supersonic passenger jet race with its C949 plane that can zoom from London to New York in ...

If you have managed to grab tickets to the Imperial War Museum Duxford's next flying event, here are all of the aircraft set ...