The Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger plane ever to fly, but it had some built-in flaws. Bigger, heavier, and less technologically advanced than Concorde, its ...

Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...

But the Tupolev Tu-144 disappeared from the international stage after it crashed at the Paris Air Show in 1973. Concorde went on to fly executives, celebrities, and even royalty from New York to ...

Its main design elements, like the delta-shaped wings and the thin, long fuselage were replicated by both Concorde and its Soviet clone, the Tupolev Tu-144, which even sported two “canards” or ...

Concorde had a capacity of up to 128 passengers ... A catastrophic 1973 Paris air show crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on supersonic flight ...

Let's take a deep dive into the world of the fastest commercial planes of all time, exploring how the aviation industry ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. University of Queensland's Chris James ...

At the time that the Concorde was being developed, there wasn’t just the competition from the Tu-144 team, but also the Boeing 2702 (pictured) and Lockheed L-2000, with the latter two ultimately ...

Concorde had a capacity of up to 128 passengers ... A catastrophic 1973 Paris air show crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on supersonic flight ...