Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

Humanity has always strived to go a lot faster than biology allows, and to meet that goal it developed all sorts of machines for air, land, and sea. But, because most things are not created equal, not ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

There have been no commercial supersonic flights since the Anglo-French Concorde retired from scheduled service more than 20 years ago. But the U.S. space agency NASA is testing an improved supersonic ...

The way forward for the future of supersonic flying.