Those commercial flights could be limited to ocean crossings or would have to slow down over land to limit damage from sonic booms, which can rattle buildings. As a supersonic plane speeds through the ...

The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if history doesn’t repeat itself.

Built by Lockheed Martin, the X-59 is designed to break the sound barrier without generating the disruptive sonic booms typically associated with supersonic ... supernovae to advance our ...

Sonic booms effectively killed the elegant Concorde supersonic airliner in the 1970s ... They exist to hopefully prove some new advance in technology. The philosophy of reusing heritage parts ...

"Each takeoff was a phenomenal experience — we had to warn the passengers in advance of what to ... to prevent its controversial sonic boom from disrupting life on earth 11 miles below. At full speed, ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Prototype aircraft for supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier ...

In the early 1970s, sonic boom concerns led the United States government to ban supersonic passenger flight over land in the US. This hurt the Concorde’s potential market, hence its only two ...

Lockheed Martin has been building the X-59 for NASA, as part of a project to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft that can break the sound barrier without producing the thunderous sonic booms ...