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SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...

The FAA’s 1973 ban on overland supersonic flights severely discouraged any American airliner from purchasing the canceled Boeing 2707 or Concorde.

Boom Technology, a Colorado-based firm designing supersonic airliners, has developed Boomless Cruise. With this technology, ...

Like many airlines, Qantas was putting a dollar each way, signing up for four Concordes and six Boeing 2707s. Qantas also worked with the government to carve out several ‘supersonic flight corridors’ ...

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

Today’s a day I’ve been looking forward to for more than a decade,” said Blake Scholl, Boom's visionary founder and chief ...

Instead, the Boeing 747 entered commercial service in 1970. Cheap, large and efficient airliners like it blew Concorde out of the water. Designed to cruise efficiently at supersonic speeds ...

Credit: Boeing, Colin Throm/AW&ST Do not expect Boeing to launch a supersonic transport anytime ... viable Mach 4 airliner... Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and ...