"In the business, we call this a 'droop snoot.'" Supersonic aircraft designed today are now circumventing this issue using technology that the Concorde didn't have access to when it was designed ...

While Concorde dealt with this by having a moveable droop nose, Boom’s augmented reality vision system enables excellent runway visibility for the pilots without that extra weight and complexity.

Guests also had the chance to board the plane and see a demonstration of Concorde's famous nose droop. People flocked to the airport for its first Manchester flight in 1980. The jet that could fly ...

That’s how Boom avoids the need for a nose cone that must hinge downward like the Concorde’s “droop snoot” to allow an unobstructed airport approach view. XB-1 and its tests of such ...