Comparing the Boom Overture to Concorde and its commercial viability.

With the promise of supersonic business jets about five years away, yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the last Concorde flight. The joint project between Britain and France, which made its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Tye flew Concorde planes for two years [John Tye] A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic ...

This documentary tells the story of the Tupolev Tu-144, the Soviet Union’s answer to the Concorde. Developed amid intense ...

Concorde and Tupolev are acknowledged as some of the first planes to break the sound barrier, but it wasn't them. Which one actually did it first?

The Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s attempt to outpace Concorde and prove technological superiority. Built under extreme political pressure, the aircraft entered service before it was ready. Safety ...

The supersonic Concorde is, literally, in a class by itself: it flies faster than a rifle bullet, higher than any other civilian aircraft. And in three decades of flight, it has inspired the extremes ...

Blake Scholl is confident his XB-1 test plane is the forerunner of Overture, a commercial aircraft which will carry 80 passengers long distances at 1,300mph - Benjamin Rasmussen My journey to meet ...

The 1960s were a period of change, transition and unstoppable optimism. It was the age when propeller driven aircraft had all but been phased out by jets, man had successfully gone to space and ...

Up in the air: It was one of Whyld's first jobs as a photographer. He had to stand on the skid of a helicopter, suspended 3,000 feet in the air. Pictured here: Whyld in 2003, the year he photographed ...

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