If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

At takeoff and again when Concorde zoomed from Mach 1 (the speed of sound) toward Mach 2, raw fuel was injected into the engine exhaust, providing a powerful boost. This afterburner system was ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached ... An aircraft can be deemed supersonic when it tops Mach 1, or 768mph. The XB-1 jet reached Mach 1.1, about 844mph, three times during ...

THE ‘Son of Concorde’ XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. Bosses at Colorado-based Boom ...

In 2003, I was lucky enough to be on one of the last flights of Concorde. We went supersonic - Mach 2 - up to 60,000 feet over to Bermuda and back from New York's JFK Airport in, get this ...

the passenger plane Concorde could reach speeds of Mach 2. New 'super-Earth' found that could host alien life - and it's six times bigger than ours Wreck of lost British ship found in Turkey more ...