John Stapp “The Fastest Man on Earth.” Stapp, his Air Force colleagues and other researchers in the field were experimenting with the physical effects of gravitational forces on the human body for ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) took a major step to facilitate the return of commercial supersonic flight, coming to agreement on new global supersonic aircraft noise standards ...

Bombardier revealed the Global 8000, a new nearly supersonic private jet that promises to be the fastest civil aircraft in ...

Aircraft maker Bombardier says it is close to finalizing assembly of the first Global 8000 business jet, the fastest civilian ...

The Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet can easily break the sound barrier. However, exactly how fast can it fly with and without ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization aligned on a recommended new standard for supersonic aircraft landing and ...

Convair’s B-58-9 project aimed to deliver a Mach 2 supersonic transport aircraft more than a decade before Concorde. Adapted from the B-58 Hustler, the design envisioned carrying over 50 passengers ...

NASA first visually captured supersonic shock waves in 2019 after a decade of research. The technology was developed in part ...

Chinese media reported that the C949 would have a 50 per cent range boost over the Concorde and fly with a noise level like a ...

Chinese media reported that the C949 would have a 50 per cent range boost over the retired Concorde and fly with a noise ...

American manufacturer Boom Aerospace is currently in the process of developing the Boom Overture, a jet that is set to enter ...

Combining near-supersonic speed across vast distances ... just short of the speed of sound – although it broke the sound barrier while flying at Mach 1.015 during test flights in 2021.