AOL

Supersonic flight is on its way back. I went on board the first Concorde, where it all began.

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...
The Asia Live

Supersonic Flight: Can Boom Overture Finally Revive an Idea Once Grounded by Economics and Reality?

Since the last Concorde touched down for the final time in 2003, commercial aviation has operated at a curious standstill.
SlashGear

What Happens When A Passenger Plane Reaches Supersonic Speeds?

When a passenger aircraft crosses Mach 1, it's moving faster than sound. That shift creates shock waves around the airframe. Drag increases sharply, engines must burn far more fuel, and the familiar ...
Morningstar

X-59 Soars: A New Era in Supersonic Flight Begins

PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet ...
The Conversation

Is supersonic air travel about to return, two decades after the last Concorde flight?

Kingston University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from ...
The National Interest

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...