Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An ...

Boom Supersonic test pilot uses precise maneuvering to help NASA snap a photo of the firm’s civil supersonic jet in flight.

Virgin Galactic’s private jet represents a very bold step toward making supersonic travel a reality for an elite few. Unlike ...

Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound have taken another step closer to reality. Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner could fly above Mach 1 without producing a sonic ...

One of the biggest problems facing supersonic aircraft today is the sonic boom issue. Once an airplane goes fast enough, the noise of breaking the sound barrier at best is annoying but, at worse, ...

Boom Supersonic announced that it could fly faster than the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Elon Musk backed the CEO's calls for regulatory changes to allow supersonic flights over land.

This is why the Concorde’s routes only benefited from ... Well, the aircraft still creates a sonic boom, but what’s important is the way in which it creates that boom. The XB-1 uses a method ...