The remarkable career of Chuck Yeager – the first pilot to fly supersonic
In an age when US-based company Boom Supersonic has recently sent its X-1 experimental aircraft beyond the sound…
Supersonic flight
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Topics related to the technology, history, and future of supersonic flight.
Boom announces move into military market with Northrop deal at Farnborough
Boom Supersonic unveiled the production configuration of its Overture airliner at the Farnborough Airshow, and announced plans to…
Feeling supersonic! American Airlines orders 20 Boom jets, eyes 40 more
Aiming to become the world’s largest operator of supersonic aircraft fleet, American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) has signed an…
X-59 QueSST begins ground testing, on track to fly in 2022
NASA has begun critical ground testing of the Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST in anticipation of the aircraft’s maiden…
Chuck Yeager, first pilot to cross the sound barrier, dies at 97
The aviation pioneer Charlie “Chuck” Yeager died at the age of 97 on December 7, 2020. Yeager made…
Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial plane reaching Mach 2
Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger aircraft developed by Tupolev Design Bureau in the 60s in the Soviet…
Supersonic flight meets another challenge besides noise reduction
Three U.S. based startups racing to build a successor to the iconic Concorde face another major hurdle besides…
NASA pictures supersonic shockwave interaction in flight
NASA captures the first-ever images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in flight. Images are…
Supersonic drama: Aerion changes partners from Lockheed to Boeing
It is becoming increasingly harder to keep up with all the latest developments in the industry-wide efforts to…