Concorde was taken out of service in 2001 is on track to become the world’s leading supersonic passenger aircraft once again.

Modern airplanes are marvels of engineering—safer, more efficient, and more comfortable than ever. But here’s the surprising truth: many of today’s commercial jets actually fly slower than aircraft ...

Concorde was designed in the 1960s when it seemed like supersonic passenger transport was going to be the next big thing. Instead, the Boeing 747 entered commercial service in 1970 .

Concorde is potentially the most special thing man has ever built." There was also an emotional goodbye on the other side of the Atlantic. Water cannon sprayed the Concorde with jets of red, white and ...

Even today, as Concorde's decades of service draw to a close, modern fighter aircraft only sustain such speeds for brief bursts. Putting together a plane which could carry 100 passengers at such ...

Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs.

Led by Wu Dawei, Comac’s award-winning aerodynamicist, a team outlined in a March 14 paper in Acta Aeronautica Sinica their goal to achieve a 50% increase in range over the Concorde, from 4,500 ...