We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

Half a century on, a beautifully crafted anniversary film invites viewers to rediscover the Air France Concorde.

Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Here they reveal the secrets of flying the world’s fastest commercial passenger aircraft at more than twice the speed of ...

If you had been staring at the skies over London or Paris 50 years ago today, you might have seen something special. Jan 21 ...

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...

On January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 flew for the first time, launching a research program that would lead to the world's first supersonic flight and the breaking of the sound barrier.

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

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and ...

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 ...

In a major milestone in the history of the aerospace sector Boom Supersonic has made a key regulatory breakthrough by being granted an experimental airworthiness certificate by the US Federal Aviation ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...