The Concorde was discontinued soon after a catastrophic ... Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first ...

A 'son of Concorde' that could get passengers from ... Captured in a breathtaking photo, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jets past the ...

The Concorde was decommissioned in 2003. The French Minister of Culture, Ms. Dati, placed the first aircraft of this type under a preservation order.

Concorde enabled passenger air travel faster than the speed of sound.The story of the renowned jet starts with the race to break the sound barrier in the 1940s and continues with the Anglo-French ...

existing aircraft can barely hope to come close to the breaking the sound barrier. Understandable, then, how such a machine can claim the title of fastest civilian aircraft since the Concorde ...

Set to become the fastest civilian aircraft since the Concorde's retirement, the Global 8000 boasts a top speed of Mach 0.94 (1,152 km/h) – just a whisker shy of breaking the sound barrier.

Examines the bittersweet destiny of the Concorde, one of the only commercial aircraft in history to break the sound barrier, through interviews with former pilots, engineers, archival materials ...