While the prospect of commercial supersonic flights is probably at least a decade from becoming a reality due to Boom ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...

Similarly, the development of the aircraft's Olympus 593 jet engines would also be a collaborative effort, with work on this front undertaken on both sides of the English Channel by Bristol Siddeley ...

Scholl said Overture will be more economical than Concorde, which last flew in 2003, thanks to its 20% more aerodynamic design, lighter carbon-fiber airframe, and 20% more fuel-efficient engines.

Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have ... Overture is designed to be powered by conventional jet engines and to run on up to 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). We’ve covered the ...

This ambitious project, however, faced numerous hurdles. From London’s Heathrow Airport, the British Airways Concorde embarked on its maiden voyage to Bahrain. Representational image The engines ...

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ... requiring billions of dollars in additional funding, including a yet-to-be ...

The company even manufactured the engines for Concorde. Rolls-Royce was particularly hard-hit during the pandemic, as revenue from widebody engine maintenance dried up. It shed 7,000 staff out of a ...

This week represented a special anniversary in the history of commercial aviation, with January 21st marking 49 years since the legendary supersonic airliner Concorde entered service back in 1976.

Once settled in their seats and cleared for takeoff, passengers were treated to the full force of the four Rolls-Royce Olympus engines as the aircraft made its way down the runway, reaching a takeoff ...