Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...
China unveils ‘Monkey King’ Mach 4 supersonic drone – and hope one day it will carry PASSENGERS twice speed of Concorde
CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which it says could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The superfast aircraft, dubbed “Monkey King”, aims to reach a top ...
Boom Supersonic says XB-1 aircraft flew over Mach 1 with no audible sonic boom on the ground below
Boom Supersonic says its XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom on the ground below. CEO ...
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
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Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator ...
Nasa fires up ‘boomless’ supersonic jet that will travel at speeds over 900mph ahead of first flight this year
NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet, which is expected to take to skies later this year. The X-59 jet is Nasa and Lockheed Martin’s joint offering, which the ...
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How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – ...
NASA fires up X-59, a supersonic jet with a top speed of 1,489 kmph
NASA says the X59 supersonic jet will produce a sonic thump instead of a sonic boom, which might help lower it's noise.
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XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom
If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier ...
How Boom’s XB-1 cracked the code for silent supersonic flight
American firm Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has once again reached supersonic speeds without producing an audible boom, following ...