The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...

Boom Supersonic ... aircraft have historically "been the work of nation states, developed by militaries and governments," and it's right. The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde ...

More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, is a small US start-up now on course to bring back supersonic air travel?

“The National Museum of Flight celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 and Concorde, the supersonic superstar, remains a centrepiece of the collection, alongside iconic aircraft like the 1963 ...

A sleek white aircraft became the ... place as the company works to revive supersonic passenger travel, which died with the grounding of the Anglo-French Concorde more than two decades ago.

In fact, the situation may be even more stark. Supersonic aircraft tend to fly at high altitudes (Concorde flew at 60,000ft, 18km, rather than the 40,000ft, 12km, typical for most passenger jets ...