The Tu-144's small retractable canard foreplanes, which were installed after 1971, are the most noticeable external ...

The current most powerful version of the 747-400, the ER (Extended Range) and Extended Range Freighter (ERF, pictured) boast ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and ...

The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...

A futuristic-looking aircraft that could pave the way for a new Concorde has taken to the skies for the first time. The ...

Supersonic air travel is great if you want to get somewhere quickly. Indeed, the Concorde could rush you from New York to London in less than three and a half hours, over twice as fast as a ...

The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York. But, for an entire generation of travelers and aviators, ...

Boom Supersonic aims to reintroduce supersonic passenger flight with its Overture airliner, having successfully flown its XB-1 demonstrator past Mach 1 and validated "boomless cruise" technology. A ...

FAA records show the plane had cracks and corrosion in its main structure and a fuel tank. The plane completed 28 flights ...

Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and sustainable. Flying passengers at twice the speed of sound, ...