Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the ... at around Mach 0.8 (this is subsonic flight). Boom plans to build an airliner called Overture that can fly at Mach 1.7. Flying ...

So I’m as intrigued as the next person by efforts to revive supersonic flight. Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for.

The flight took place 11 years after businessman Blake Scholl founded Boom Supersonic and 22 years after the last supersonic passenger flight, Concorde, touched down at Heathrow. Captain Mike ...

Boom Supersonic plans to build a supersonic ... slightly slower than the speed of sound, at around Mach 0.8 (this is subsonic flight). Boom plans to build an airliner called Overture that can ...