NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic ...

The latest generation of experimental aircraft is no longer chasing raw speed alone, it is trying to change how the air ...

Come early next year American space agency NASA will fly, for the first time, an experimental aircraft that could one day bring back civilian supersonic aircraft, and might even allow them to fly at ...

It's been a long time coming, but the first flight of the X-59 experimental aircraft, made by NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works as a means to prove that quiet supersonic flight is possible, is more ...

For one of several reasons only a solitary example of each of these remarkable aeroplanes flew. In the case of experimental or technology-tested aircraft, the limited number was intentional. For ...

Stephen Sudlow fell in love with aviation when he was about 10 years old. At the time, he was a kid from “a big family with limited means,” and he wasn’t sure if he could ever become a pilot. “To me, ...

With the idea of applying the technology of aircraft to submarines, this experimental stealth ship first met the sea in the ...

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the ...

Rarity has a value of its own, making the aircraft we’re looking at today particularly special. For one of several reasons only a solitary example of each of these remarkable aeroplanes flew. In the ...