Virgin Galactic unveiled an early concept for a Mach 3 supersonic passenger aircraft designed to fly far faster than Concorde while using conventional airport infrastructure. The design called for 9 ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flew with its "wheels-up" for the first time this month, marking a major ...

A new supersonic business jet that could cut the flight time from Dubai to New York to just over three hours was launched as a concept at the Paris Airshow today. Richard Lugg - an avowed Concode fan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than ...

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...

“Concorde was all first class, so you were treated in a great way,” says Larry Mueller – former boss of IBM Europe and now chief executive of the ultra-high-end travel company Cuvee. “But for me, it ...

The X-59 is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. The ultimate goal is to prove that quiet supersonic flight is a viable option for commercial airlines.

United Airlines continues its push toward supersonic flight with an investment in a San Francisco startup developing electrification technology for aircraft engines. United Airlines Ventures, the ...

Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Pilots tell CNN Travel the secrets of flying the ...

Since the Wright brothers’ first flight in 1903, aeroplanes have become an important transportation method for both people ...

The NFL’s long-discussed dream of placing permanent teams in Europe could become a reality if supersonic commercial flights return by the end of the decade. According to Wall Street Journal reporter ...