The Concorde was a marvel of engineering, capable of flying at Mach 2 while delivering passengers across the Atlantic in ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

The American-built civil supersonic jet is made from carbon fibre, and unlike Concorde’s droop nose, pilots use an “augmented reality vision system” to see past its long nose for takeoff and ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world's fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California.

While Concorde dealt with this by having a moveable droop nose, Boom’s augmented reality vision system enables excellent runway visibility for the pilots without that extra weight and complexity.

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...

the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and landing, which interrupts the pilots’ view of the runway. While Concorde dealt with this by having a moveable ...

That’s how Boom avoids the need for a nose cone that must hinge downward like the Concorde’s “droop snoot” to allow an unobstructed airport approach view. XB-1 and its tests of such components as that ...