Nasa’s X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier without the boom, the future of flight just got realNASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating a revolutionar...
31 Oct, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
New York to Los Angeles in just 3 hours? Supersonic travel may be back sooner than you think, as early as 2027Supersonic passenger travel may return to U.S. skies soon, potentially cutting the New York to Los Angeles flight time to just three hours....
11 Aug, 2025, 09.28 PM IST
China’s ambitious supersonic jet C949 set to revive the Concorde legacy, COMAC unveils plans for a faster, quieter aircraft by 2049China's COMAC is developing the C949, a supersonic passenger jet, targeting a 2049 launch. It aims to revolutionize long-haul travel with M...
07 Aug, 2025, 09.21 AM IST
Forget jet lag: NASA’s X-59 could get you from New York to London in three hours and you won't even feel itNASA’s experimental X-59 supersonic jet has completed low-speed taxi tests in California, inching closer to its maiden flight. Developed un...
20 Jul, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Supersonic flight: Will planes go faster than sound again?Supersonic aircraft have been criticized by environmentalists for burning more fuel per passenger than comparable subsonic planes.
25 Jun, 2025, 07.16 PM IST
Boom Tech’s XB-1 becomes first privately developed jet plane to break the sound barrierBoom plans to focus next on the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about twice the speed ...
30 Jan, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
Get ready to travel anywhere in the world in 4 hours for only $100Supersonic flights are set to make a comeback with Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and NASA's X-59 preparing for tests. The XB-1 aims to break the s...
28 Jan, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
NASA & Lockheed's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, that can travel faster than the speed of sound, makes debutNASA and Lockheed Martin have debuted the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, which aims to enable commercial supersonic flight over land by ge...
13 Jan, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
London to New York in less than four hours! All you need to knowBoom's jets are extremely quick, but they can't match the speed of the fabled Concorde, which reached a speed of Mach 2.04. Due to a series...
17 Aug, 2022, 03.43 PM IST
American Airlines to buy supersonic jets as it bets on ultra-fast travelAMERICAN AIRLINE-BOOM SUPERSONIC/ (UPDATE 2, PIX)UPDATE 2-American Airlines to buy supersonic jets as it bets on ultra-fast travel
16 Aug, 2022, 06.35 PM IST
United Airlines unveils plan to revive supersonic jet travelUnited Airlines announced plans on Thursday to buy 15 planes from airline startup Boom Supersonic in a move that could revive the high-spee...
05 Jun, 2021, 08.14 AM IST
- Mysterious loud booms heard across the world: Report
London, Nov 24 (IANS) Mysterious booming sounds have been recorded from different places across the globe leaving people as well as experts...
24 Nov, 2017, 02.07 PM IST
Supersonic airlines are coming back while Elon Musk dreams of spaceAir travel in the future will be divided among legacy carriers, supersonic startups, and rockets.
06 Oct, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
- NASA a step closer to building quieter supersonic X-plane
Washington, June 28 (IANS) In a major step towards building an actual X-plane, NASA has completed the preliminary design review of its Quie...
28 Jun, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Delhi to New York in 5 hours? PossibleDespite the challenges Boom faces, and they are many, aviation experts expect that at some point, years from now, the economic challenges o...
30 Nov, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
The fastest supersonic passenger airliner Boom XB-1, to be launched in 2017The XB-1 is powered by three General Electric J85-21 turbojet engines, fed by two variable geometry supersonic intakes.
28 Nov, 2016, 09.22 AM IST
NASA aims to develop 'eco-friendly' supersonic aircraftNASA said that supersonic jets travel at higher altitudes than regular jets, so they have a greater potential to damage the ozone layer.
08 Jun, 2015, 05.21 PM IST