With new flights poised for JFK, the 1970s war over Concorde landings show the harm in delaying conversations with LI ...

Last month, the XB-1 broke the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. The event positions Boom Supersonic to produce the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde was grounded in 2003. Getting ...

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" ... Tristan 'Geppetto' Brandenburg was able to position the XB-1 at an exact time – and in an exact location – over the Mojave Desert.

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.

Dubbed "son of Concorde", the XB-1 ascended to an altitude of 35,000 ft over the Mojave desert in California before cranking the "accelerator" to reach Mach 1.1 – around 844 mph and equivalent ...

While the cost of the Tu-144 is opaque due to the nature of the Soviet Union's economy, the Concorde cost the U.K. and France approximately $16 billion ($1.44 billion each in 1976).

More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, ... On 10 February, on its 13th and final flight, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 touched down at Mojave Air and Space Port, California, ... Geppetto ...

Environmental and economic challenges remain similar to Concorde’s era. ... reaching Mach 1.1 at an altitude of 35,000 feet over California’s Mojave Desert.

The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in late January.

Concorde was designed in the 1960s when it seemed like supersonic passenger transport was going to be the next big thing. Instead, the Boeing 747 entered commercial service in 1970 .