The Pepsi blue livery created issues for Concorde because it absorbed much more heat than the standard white paint. At ...
I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...
Once passenger flights had been discontinued, the then-Soviet airline Aeroflot operated an updated variant, called the TU-144D, on freight-only services. The withdrawal from service of the TU-144 left ...
A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California's Mojave desert on ...
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Denver-based Boom Supersonic wants to revive Mach-speed travel with its Overture plane. Overture would feature improved efficiency, safety, and a quieter engine than Concorde. Boom's innovations ...
A former Concorde pilot who drove the plane to the edge of space has shared his "phenomenal" memories on the aircraft's anniversary.
Boom Supersonic aims to reintroduce supersonic passenger travel with its Overture airliner, having successfully demonstrated "boomless cruise" capabilities with its XB-1 prototype. The company ...
The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.