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 ...

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

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 ...

EVER fancied having a massive party on a plane and feeling like you’re on a private jet? This September and in February next ...

Of all the commercial aircraft that have been in operation since the beginning days of flight technology, the Concorde stands alone as the fastest and longest-serving supersonic airliner. The aircraft ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

When a plane like the Concorde Jet is ahead of its time and doesn't ultimately last, it's more than simply a defunct project, it's a failed promise of the future, of what could have been. There was ...

The iconic British Airways Concorde G-BOAD supersonic jet will return to NYC’s Intrepid Museum after it spent months being restored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Concorde, which holds the record for ...

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think they finally have an issue that killed it.