"We didn't invent anything," Scholl said. "Concorde proved you can fly a supersonic airplane with passengers on it half a century ago. The job of the Overture is to do it economically." An ...

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles per hour. Boom Supersonic is ...

This allowed Nasa to snap the XB-1 flying in front of the Sun, which meant it could capture the changing air density around the aircraft when it was flying at supersonic speeds. CONCORDE was the ...

The plane had its first commercial flight on January 21, 1976, so was retired after 27 years of service and 50,000 flights. Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France 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 ...

It sounds crazy, but it looks like we have a chance to fly much faster than the Concorde, at 3,000 miles per hour, six times faster than today's aircraft. How? We will tell you about it in this video!

“And if you suffered from claustrophobia then Concorde was not the aircraft for you.” For staff like Ms Kolon, just manoeuvring up and down the aisle pushing a heavy trolley was a physical ...

The front third of a full-scale Concorde aircraft will be up for sale A full-size replica of the front a Concorde aircraft is just one of the items up for auction after the closure of a theme park ...

In fact, the situation may be even more stark. Supersonic aircraft tend to fly at high altitudes (Concorde flew at 60,000ft (18km) rather than the 40,000ft (12km) typical for most passenger jets ...