Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at ... its nose would block the pilots' view. But Concorde's long, pointed nose had a hinge. As the plane took off, landed, and taxied, the pilots tilted ...

Remember the Concorde plane and the sonic booms created ... which meant it only consumed half of its fuel for take-off and landing. It would cover 22.5 miles per minute, but its use sparked ...

January 21 is remembered as the day the first commercial Concorde flight took off from London and Paris Airports simultaneously in 1976. Meanwhile, thousands of women took out a march across 400 ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

to see Concorde take off. I noticed it from a distance, while landing at New York's JFK airport in another plane. But it stood out unmistakably from other nearby aircraft, like a giant white swan ...

The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...

The Concorde, the last and one of only two ... It will fly at subsonic speeds, primarily for take-off and landing tests. The plan is for another flying prototype, the Quarterhorse Mk 2, powered ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. Bosses at Colorado-based Boom Technology ...

The final passenger flights of Concorde take place this ... on Friday afternoon having taken off that morning from New York. Shortly before the 4pm landing, two other Concordes will also fly ...

A supersonic jet nicknamed the 'Son of the Concorde' has officially traveled faster than the speed of sound for the first time. The XB-1 demonstrator aircraft took off from the Mojave Air & Space ...