Anya Hindmarch’s new London concept store and travel accessories collection celebrate the glamour of 1970s air travel ...
The legendary Concorde and the Soviet Tu‑144 were both capable of cruising at roughly twice the speed of sound, making for dramatically fast flight times. Boom’s Overture is designed for a slower ...
Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...
NASA captures a historic image of the XB-1 supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier without a loud boom, marking a breakthrough.
But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...
Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...
A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An ...
The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...
Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.
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Why Concorde Failed
Of all commercial aviation endeavours, few have had such a lasting impression on the general public as the Concorde project.
The eyes of the world were on Concorde as it darted at supersonic speed from London to New York on a Live Aid mission to deliver Phil Collins for a record-breaking performance spanning two ...