Despite the immense excitement surrounding the delta-winged jet, only 14 production examples of the type were produced (along with six prototypes), with Air France and British Airways being its main ...

The XB-1, which has now completed 12 successful test flights since it first took to the air in March 2024 ... 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25 ...

Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance costs. By the early noughties, the planes were outdated ...

The Boom Supersonic aircraft exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its highly ...

High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ...

Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ... and the test plane should reach a cruising speed of Mach 1.1 in two specially ...

Boom Supersonic has achieved the first supersonic flight of its X-B1 demonstrator aircraft, heralding a major step forward in the development of its Concorde ... the Mojave Air & Space Port ...

Boom Supersonic completed the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft while on livestream, breaking the ...

From London’s Heathrow Airport, the British Airways Concorde embarked on its maiden voyage to Bahrain, while the Air France Concorde departed from Paris’ Orly Airport, bound for Rio de Janeiro with a ...

Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice ... Wildfire Smoke Can Carry ...