Intrepid Museum The Concorde supersonic airliner sits in GMD Shipyard at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after its restoration project. Michael McWeeney The paint job was the first major repair to the ...

If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

However, this does not mean that the two European flag carriers' liveries during Concorde's operational career were the only ...

But Concorde's long, pointed nose had a hinge. As the plane took off ... developed white paint accommodated this stretching and dissipated the heat generated by supersonic speeds.

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

The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the supersonic plane that could fly from London to New York in under three hours before it was retired in 2003. The Concorde was ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic speeds today, breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The milestone makes the XB-1 the first US-built civil jet to reach ...

The return of supersonic ... plane already has 130 orders and pre-orders from American Airlines, United Airlines and Japan Airlines. It's now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde ...

A supersonic jet dubbed the "Son of Concorde" is poised to make aviation history within hours as it embarks on its inaugural supersonic flight, breaking the sound barrier for the first time.

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. Bosses at Colorado-based Boom Technology ...