The SR-71 did not simply fade into a museum corner; it left service with the same aura of speed and mystery that defined its ...

Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft ...

The study of low Mach number limits is central to advancing our understanding of fluid dynamics under nearly incompressible conditions. In both magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and the Navier-Stokes ...

Business aircraft crews are being urged to ensure they are using true Mach numbers in all airspace where the Mach number technique (MNT) is applied for lon ...

It takes a village to reach Mach 1.01. The flight and ground crews for the DC-8 supersonic run included flight test engineer Richard H. Edwards, third from left, and pilot Bill Magruder, in white ...

__1838: __Ernst Mach is born in the small town of Chirlitz, then part of the Austrian Empire. The scientist would go on to conduct research in many fields, but his most memorable work in aerodynamics ...

Archive footage from May 2010 shows the Waverider in action The US military has conducted a test flight of its hypersonic jet Waverider, aiming to reach Mach 6 (3,600mph; 5795km/h) above the Pacific ...

Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell faster during his historic skydive last October than originally believed — 1.25 times the speed of sound, it has emerged. “Fearless Felix” Baumgartner’s ...

Supersonic flight and its visions of high-speed thrills, intense pressure changes, and dramatic sonic booms have persisted across pop culture for decades now. But is it legit? While the idea of ...

The logo for the United States Postal Service is a mean-looking eagle. But a true fluid dynamics geek might look at it and realize that eagle is moving so fast it’s causing a shock wave. But just how ...