News

Military Aviation History on MSN10d
Watch This Private Jet Break the Sound Barrier!
It’s been two decades since a passenger jet broke the sound barrier — until now. The Boom XB-1 just went supersonic, marking a massive leap forward for commercial aviation. Could this be the next ...
Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in ...
The National Interest on MSN53m
Just What Is a “Flying Wing,” Exactly?
The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years.
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 vehicle went hypersonic for the first time in December, then repeated the feat in March.
Passenger airliners haven't necessarily got faster over recent decades, but they're still the best way to hop between ...
The company is leasing a site previously used for supersonic development to test its faster-than-sound engines ... of Boom breaking sound barrier Local artist a winner in Boom's plane-painting ...
U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester will fly an F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Air Dot Show tour at Harrisburg ...
Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and ...
The government announced a raft of aviation safety measures after a Jeju Air crash late last year that killed 179 people, ...
Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...
In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.