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Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...

A look at what made the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II so special.

Supersonic travel has been out of reach for civilian travellers for over two decades, but at last it's back - as long as you have a spare £75m ...

Titanium is fantastically expensive, and difficult to fabricate, relative to other materials—meaning it was only ever practical to use on the world’s fastest plane.

The Nord Griffon combined a turbojet and ramjet engine to create the fastest fighter aircraft of its era. Designed to intercept Soviet bombers, it set world speed records in 1959. Extreme fuel ...

Yamaha's legacy of winning motorcycles has earned it a reputation for performance. Here are some of the top speed demons ever ...

Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Here they reveal the secrets of flying the world’s fastest commercial passenger aircraft at more than twice the speed of ...

No industry does incident response better than aviation. In the rare event that something goes wrong at 35,000 feet, airlines ...

Celebrate Concorde as the supersonic aircraft turns 50. Explore its origins, prestige clientele and why the famous aircraft ...