9 小时之前 · 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 …

3 天之前 · The Concorde burst onto the scene in 1976 amid the technological cage match of the Cold War. The French-British product wasn’t the world’s first supersonic passenger airliner; …

2024年5月10日 · Concorde's complex flight deck had unique instruments and tight quarters due to its supersonic nature. The three-person minimum flight crew and packed-in cockpit with …

4 天之前 · A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over …

Concorde is a tailless aircraft design with a narrow fuselage permitting 4-abreast seating for 92 to 128 passengers, an ogival delta wing and a droop nose for landing visibility. It is powered by …

5 天之前 · US company Boom has broken the sound barrier during a test flight of its prototype aircraft XB-1. The test opens the way for the first supersonic passenger jet since the British …

2024年6月17日 · The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde was a British-French supersonic passenger jet airliner. It had a maximum speed of Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude, …

5 天之前 · Former Concorde chief pilot Mike Bannister, who looked on as the test flight took off, said it was “absolutely amazing” to see a supersonic aircraft flying again.

2024年7月24日 · Pilots flying the Concorde worked with a cockpit outfitted with hundreds of controls, switches, and buttons – so many that it required a flight engineer in addition to the …

2024年12月18日 · Capable of flying 1,350 miles per hour at 60,000 feet, the Concorde was a supersonic marvel — so why was it discontinued? The official presentation of a Concorde …