During its Paris Air Show display, the Tu-144 attempted a dramatic maneuver that ended in catastrophe. As control systems, aerodynamic forces, and structural limits collided, the aircraft entered a ...

Supersonic flight refers to aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound, approximately Mach one at sea level, or around 1,236km/h (750mph) under standard conditions. Supersonic flight began in ...

The 1960s were a time when aircraft had become progressively faster and larger. It seemed that they would continue to get ...

The power of modern aircraft is staggering, and these incredible machines grow ever more powerful. When the Heinkel He 178, the first pure turbojet aircraft, first flew in 1939, it did so with 4.41 ...

After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...

At the 1973 Paris Air Show, a Soviet Tu-144 pulled into a climb to outshine Concorde, and broke apart midair in front of 250,000 spectators. With 54,000 pounds of thrust per engine and a Mach 2 top ...

After decades of silence, the roar of supersonic commercial aircraft may be poised to return to American skies. Last week, President Donald Trump signed a landmark Executive Order, dismantling ...

You were asked to vote for the best-looking British aircraft. With such a mouthwatering bevvy of sublime flying machines, selection was a tough task for the many people who took part. Such is ...

The Concorde may have been a game-changing jet when it entered service in 1976, but a rival Russian jet—the Tupolev Tu-144—happened to be in the air one year earlier. The earlier service, however, was ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first supersonic flight last month was a success, breaking the sound barrier above the ...