NASA’s “Son of Concorde” X-59 Set for Historic First Flight
Imagine flying from New York to London only to land across the pond in a mere 90 minutes. This hyper-fast future of air travel is approaching liftoff as NASA prepares its trailblazing X-59 jet for a history-making inaugural test flight. Dubbed the "Son of Concorde," NASA's bullet-nosed X-59...
Supersonic passenger flights to return by 2029
The US-based airline, United is planning to bring 15 new supersonic airliners into serve by 2029 - signaling the return of supersonic speeds to commercial aviation. The announcement means that there will have been a 26 gap between the last commercial supersonic flight - when Concorde retired -...