Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

Air France is to pay the relatives of Concorde crash victims around £1 million for each person lost in last year's disaster, it emerged today. The £100 million settlement makes it the biggest ...

The Civil Aviation Authority and its French equivalent the DGAC made a joint decision to allow the plane to return to the skies more than a year after an Air France Concorde crashed near Paris ...

Virgin Galactic’s private jet represents a very bold step toward making supersonic travel a reality for an elite few. Unlike ...

A deadly crash more than two decades ago hastened the jet's demise. On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel and exploded shortly after takeoff in Paris, killing all 109 ...

"Concorde proved you can fly a supersonic airplane ... first flew nearly 50 years ago but retired in 2003 after a deadly crash. Boom, a private company, will take Concorde's proven ideas and ...

Passenger numbers also fell after an Air France Concorde crashed just minutes after taking off from Paris in July 2000. The disaster killed all 109 people on board and four others on the ground.