MIT Technology Review1d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights
Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...
PBS6y
Anatomy of Concorde
The solution for Concorde was an elegant delta- or triangular-shaped wing reminiscent of 1950s military aircraft. It had few moveable parts compared to the wing of a subsonic jet, but the sleek ...
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...
Yahoo News15d
Storm Eowyn jet stream causes BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
An unusually strong jet stream over ... when they align with aircraft routes. Wow! According to data from flightradar, BA274 flying Las Vegas to Heathrow has just hit a speed of 814mph thanks to ...