Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” after its predecessor, successfully broke the sound barrier for the first time. The ...

Ultra-wealthy buyers looking for a private jet have a huge range of options to choose from. At one end of the market, the smallest private jets hold only a handful of passengers. Meanwhile, at the ...

NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental plane that was designed to exceed the speed of sound without a loud sonic boom. Credit: NASA / Carla Thomas NASA's X-59 jet has broken the sound barrier for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and ...

NASA's X-59 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Friday (June 5), reaching a top speed of about Mach 1.1.

NASA's 'Son of Concorde' supersonic aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time, paving the way for ultra-fast ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft set a new speed record during its latest test flight. The Colorado company is working through a flight test program of the XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft, which ...

A NEW hypersonic space plane being built by British engineers could fly from London to Sydney in just three hours. The ...

Regular supersonic flight in the United States may be closer than ever as NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft achieved supersonic speed Friday. The agency, in a blog post, said the achievement is a ...

American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday. The test flight out of ...