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 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 ...

More than two decades after Concorde’s retirement, commercial aviation is once again preparing to break the sound barrier.

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

And Charles Lindbergh’s famed Spirit of St. Louis, the plane he flew on the first solo trans-Atlantic flight to Europe serves as a centerpiece alongside Amelia Earhart’s bright-red Lockheed 5B Vega ...

Nor was this a uniquely Concorde problem. The other supersonic commercial aircraft, the USSR’s Tupolev Tu-144, was even worse ...

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

Not only is the aircraft, which broke the sound barrier in flight tests, the fastest business jet in aviation history, it established a second milestone with its 8,000-nautical-mile range. For owners, ...

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

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