The NASA X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) is now flying and soon will start test flights aimed at reducing the sonic boom to a thump for people on the ground. While this seeks to overcome one ...
Two decades after Concorde’s last flight a new class of supersonic commercial jets are on the horizon. Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic ...
Seen from above, the TMS-10’s slender nose, forward canards, arrow-shaped wing, upper-mounted twin nacelles and T-tail reveal ...
More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
Boom Supersonic has a change to its flight plan that might also suggest a change to its name is also in order: a "boomless cruise" option in which its planned Overture supersonic airliner would fly a ...
Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...