Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...
Flying

Inside the Concorde

The Runway Visitor Park (RVR) at Manchester Airport houses Concorde G-BOAC, a flagship British Airways plane, offering various tours including access to the cockpit and a unique nose-drop ...
New Atlas

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on ...
Secret London

Concorde Is Set To Return To The Skies Soon – And When It Does, It Will Cut The Flight Time Between London And New York In Half

Outrageously speedy air travel could soon be soaring back on to the scene - here's everything you need to know about Concorde ...
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United's ‘Son of Concorde' Aircraft Will Travel to Europe in 3 Hours, Asia in 6

Lockheed Martin is constructing the X-59 prototype for NASA in California and is planning to operate test flights of the ...

'Concorde set to return in just 4 years' cutting 3 hours off UK to America flights

You might wonder why it’s taken so long for supersonic flight to make a comeback - but a key development has now cleared the ...

The forgotten story of the Boeing 2707, America’s ‘lost Concorde’

If you boil it down to the basic facts, the era of commercial supersonic flight was a European phenomenon. Concorde, its ...

Watch: Nasa’s supersonic passenger plane makes first flight

Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic ...
New Atlas

Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...
CNN

Concorde’s last flight: Is this the greatest aviation photograph of all time?

On November 26, 2003, supersonic airplane Concorde made its last flight, returning to the airfield near Bristol, in southwest England, where it’s remained since. As this marvel of modern engineering ...
USA Today

British Airways Concorde aircraft sails the Hudson: See photos, video of move

British Airways iconic Concorde aircraft made its way back home to the Intrepid Museum from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a barge Tuesday, crossing under the Brooklyn Bridge and sailing the Hudson. Videos ...