Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, which fuels climate change. Supersonic jets also fly higher than current ...

One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...

One commonly discussed tool is jet squawking, which, despite its silly name, is critical to preserving the safety of our ...

It’s pretty strange,” a Learjet pilot said. “They were talking normal to the tower when they switched to takeoff … then ...

But within 23 minutes of takeoff, it was careening over the Atlantic at 803 mph - and still got to London’s Heathrow Airport on time. The reason? Fierce jet stream winds supercharging its speed.

If China can pull off large-scale production of such a plane, it would revolutionize international air travel as we know it.

Pilots have been exploiting the augmented jet stream to coast across the Atlantic Ocean at speeds of up to 840 mph — which is faster than the speed of ... the East Coast take off for overnight ...

That speed is equivalent to 750 miles ... "combines safe and stable operation at takeoff and landing with efficiency at supersonic speeds." The jet is also made almost entirely from carbon fiber ...

One intriguing aspect of these aircraft is trying to ... There's also wind speed, air travel restrictions, altitude, temperature, takeoff and landing times, pilot endurance, and much more to ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight ... became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, in his Bell X-1 plane.

The XB-1 went supersonic two additional times during the flight, at about 17 and 22 minutes after takeoff ... become the first passenger jet to fly faster than the speed of sound since the ...

Just a short take-off roll and then XB-1 blasted into ... achieve a cruising speed of Mach 1.7 – twice the speed of the fastest commercial aircraft today. A Mirage F1, a French fighter and ...