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.

American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

I had such memorable moments. On one trip from New York to London, I was seated next to Dodi Fayed, son of Harrods owner, the ...

Air France's streamlined white Concorde swooped into a Paris airport on its final commercial flight home ... You can't compare it even to first class." The Concorde's retirement comes after ...

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

Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

IT ALL began with a tennis dinner. The year was 1981, and 47-year-old Captain Brian Walpole was flying high. As one of the ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

There were plenty of pictures of old transport, including this striking shot sent in by Bryan Robertson. READ MORE: Time Out names top 10 restaurants in Oxford It shows him about to board Concorde ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, tearing ...