American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

It was a step toward reviving supersonic commercial travel, which has been on hiatus since the Concorde jet was grounded more than two decades ago. Boom Supersonic has contracts with at least two ...

After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...

A Colorado aerospace company has been aiming to resume commercial supersonic air travel for the past decade. Those flights ...

In addition, a Chinese company has introduced a prototype of its next-generation supersonic commercial transport aircraft, capable of reaching Mach 4, which is double the speed of the Concorde.

Twenty-one years later, the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 commercial supersonic jet made its maiden flight in December 1968, but it had ceased operation by the early 70s. Concorde came into being soon after.

Commercial-type aircraft reaches supersonic speed for the first time since Concorde 20 years ago. Added6 days ago Video from passengers appears to shows flames coming from a plane's wing at ...

The Boeing 2707 – its model number chosen in a nod to the Boeing 707, which ushered in the ‘jet age’ of commercial flight – was both larger and faster than the Concorde. The Anglo-French supersonic ...