What Happened to the Concorde? All About the Supersonic Plane That Cut Travel Time in Half and Cost $7,574 Per Ticket

A number of factors led to the Concorde ceasing all operations in 2003, including a fatal crash that killed 113 people in ...
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Boom Supersonic Gears Up For Engine Prototype Core Testing

COLORADO SPRINGS—Supersonic aircraft developer Boom is nearing completion of a prototype of its in-house produced engine core which is expected to begin ground tests at the company’s Watkins, Colorado ...

NASA Readies Its Quiet Supersonic Jet for a Noise Test Later This Year

The X-59 took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on August 21 for the latest in a series ...
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NASA's Quiet Supersonic Plane Builds Momentum Through 25th Flight

After 25 test flights, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic experimental aircraft steadily continues to pass performance marks set by ...
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X-59: US supersonic aircraft hits Mach 1.2 at 49,000 feet in 25th test flight

NASA’s X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft has successfully completed 25 test flights. It reached Mach ...
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This strange NASA aircraft could bring supersonic travel back

NASA’s X-59 is an experimental aircraft designed to solve one of the biggest problems with supersonic flight: the sonic boom.

Supersonic jet that could fly from New York to London in 3.5 hours 'weeks away' from tests

The Boom Supersonic Overture, a supersonic airliner designed to cut the Concorde London to New York flight time to just 3.5 ...
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Supersonic flight is making a comeback decades after the Concorde. But one big hurdle remains

(CNN) — The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms. It was a controversial ...

Earthjustice and Sierra Club urge FAA to keep ban on overland supersonic flights

"The proposal ... flies in the face of the agency's statutory mandate to protect the public from aircraft noise and sonic ...
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FAA Adopts Air Force Categorical Exclusion For High-altitude Supersonic Flight Testing: Top Points

On August 24, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a Federal Register notice adopting a United States Department of the Air ...
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NASA’s X-59 is closing in on the test that could change supersonic flight

NASA’s X-59 has completed 25 test flights and is now approaching the acoustic trials that will determine whether its unusual ...

As NFL intends to go global, new supersonic engine is “weeks away” from testing

The Concorde concept is making a comeback, which would make it easier for the NFL to continue its effort at global conquest.