The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles per hour. Boom Supersonic is ...

This allowed Nasa to snap the XB-1 flying in front of the Sun, which meant it could capture the changing air density around the aircraft when it was flying at supersonic speeds. CONCORDE was the ...

Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.

Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

The aircraft smashed through the 767mph sound ... Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance costs.

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.

“And if you suffered from claustrophobia then Concorde was not the aircraft for you.” For staff like Ms Kolon, just manoeuvring up and down the aisle pushing a heavy trolley was a physical ...

It sounds crazy, but it looks like we have a chance to fly much faster than the Concorde, at 3,000 miles per hour, six times faster than today's aircraft. How? We will tell you about it in this video!

However, it would take the failure of the supersonic Concorde jet for us to discover ... so they needed more efficient aircraft to maintain profitability. Airlines also needed to maximize ...