Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ...

Overture could be less costly than the Concorde Overture could revive the Concorde era and connect places like New York and London in less than four hours, and Seattle and Tokyo in less than five.

The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with ...

if we have faster airplanes, we don’t need as many.” Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

Denver-based Boom Technology’s XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It’s the first independently developed ...

Overture could be less costly than the Concorde Overture could revive the Concorde era and connect places like New York and London in less than four hours, and Seattle and Tokyo in less than five.

Overture could be less costly than the Concorde Overture could revive the Concorde era and connect places like New York and London in less than four hours, and Seattle and Tokyo in less than five.