Boom’s newest supersonic airliner concept sports 4 engines and Concorde vibes
The airliner is called Overture, and the new version includes four engines and evokes both 747s and Concorde. It might first fly in 2026.
Tag: Supersonic
The Air Force is investing millions in what could be the next Concorde
The two organizations have entered into a strategic partnership towards developing the company’s supersonic passenger airliner, Overture.
Even if you missed out on the Concorde, you may soon get a chance to fly in a supersonic airliner
More than a decade after the supersonic passenger aircraft landed for the last time, a new class of faster-than-sound planes prepares for liftoff.
How to go supersonic without a boom
These features allow the AS2 to achieve efficient, quiet supersonic flight.
The 10 Most Important Aerospace Innovations Of The Year
The Best of What’s New in the field of aerospace
Virgin Wants To Fly Across The Atlantic In Under Four Hours
Will this startup do what the Concorde already did? Maybe.
NASA Wants A Supersonic X-Plane Without The Boom
NASA wants quiet supersonic planes.
NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Will Test Supersonic Landing From The Edge Of Space
Update 5:45 p.m. EDT 6/8/15: A collective groan echoed throughout the LDSD mission control as flight controllers watched the flying saucer’s supersonic parachute shred during descent. The parachute deployed at first, but only partially, causing it to disintegrate mid-flight. Fortunately, all of the other systems performed as expected, including the initial weather balloon ascent and […]
Supersonic Plane Will Have Livestream Of The Outdoors Instead Of Windows
A supersonic passenger jet would be exposed to such extreme forces, it would just be easier for the plane not to have windows. That’s why the makers of one proposed Mach 1.8 passenger jet—due out in 2018—have decided to make their aircraft windowless. In the windows’ place, they’ll simply livestream what’s going on outside, Wired […]
Lockheed Martin Is Developing A Hypersonic Spy Plane
The SR-71 Blackbird, iconic supersonic Cold War spy plane adopted by the X-Men as their vehicle of choice, might finally have a replacement. The Blackbird was retired in 1999, and since then there’s been a serious deficit in crazy-fast spy planes that inspire unimaginable wonder in children named Kelsey. Lockheed Skunk Works revealed Friday that […]