A potential successor to Concorde made progress this week as US company Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype aircraft broke the sound barrier on Tuesday – the first time a civilian plane has done ...

SON of Concorde' XB-1 jet is "on track" to break the sound barrier in early 2025, makers of the supersonic plane have announced. In its first major update of the year, bosses at Colorado-based ...

Son of a Concorde! No, that’s not an aviation geek-esque slam, but remove the ‘a’ and it’s the nickname of the jet that could soon be flying you from London to New York in three-and-a-half ...

THE XB-1 'Son of Concorde' jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, its test pilot has revealed. And civilians on the ground will ...

Air France's streamlined white Concorde swooped into a Paris airport on its final commercial flight home, an emotional end to years of supersonic travel between New York and Paris. The plane ...

Today marks a special anniversary in the history of worldwide commercial aviation, with it now having been exactly 49 years since the legendary Anglo-French supersonic airliner Concorde entered ...

This week represented a special anniversary in the history of commercial aviation, with January 21st marking 49 years since the legendary supersonic airliner Concorde entered service back in 1976.