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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The closest I've ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in ...

A number of factors led to the Concorde ceasing all operations in 2003, including a fatal crash that killed 113 people in 2000 ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the promise of supersonic business jets about five years away, yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the last Concorde ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of favor, ...

Supersonic flight is a form of travel that is neither accessible today nor viewed as particularly glamorous. Ever since Concorde was retired from service in 2003, all commercial flights have flown ...

The Boom Supersonic Overture, a supersonic airliner designed to cut the Concorde London to New York flight time to just 3.5 hours, is weeks away from its first engine tests ...

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On July 25, 2000, a Concorde supersonic jet operated by Air France flying from New York to Paris crashed shortly after takeoff. The accident, caused by a piece of debris on the runway, killed all 109 ...