Supersonic flights may return to US as FAA proposes new noise standards

For decades, supersonic flights over the continental United States have been banned by regulators due to the sonic booms produced by the aircraft. However, it sounds like that could soon be changing.

Supersonic jet builder teases 5.5-hour flight time from SF to Tokyo

The FAA is eliminating a decades-old rule that bars new supersonic commercial jets.

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

After 53 years, the FAA wants to bring back civilian supersonic flight

A ban on continental supersonic flight has been in place since the 1970s, to ensure nobody endures the noisy sonic booms left in their wake. Aeronautic engineering has come a long way since then, ...

Here's how NASA's supersonic jet could transform commercial air travel

NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...
Avionics International

FAA Moves to Lift Ban on Overland Supersonic Flight

Editor’s Note: To watch a video version of this article, click here. For 53 years, one federal regulation has stood between ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...
Aviation Week Network

Boom Offers Prize For Amateur Supersonic Flight

Supersonic airliner startup Boom Technologies has launched an $800,000 prize for the first U.S. amateur team to fly a remotely piloted, air-breathing aircraft above Mach 1 in level flight twice in one ...

‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from UK to NYC in 4hrs hits milestone with supersonic flight without sonic boom

NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental ...

'Lightning speed': Supersonic civilian flights in US skies take another step toward swift return

The FAA proposed new noise standards for supersonic aircraft, moving to lift the decades-old ban on civilian supersonic flights over U.S. land.

FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the ...

NASA’s experimental quiet supersonic plane passes another critical milestone

Just days after NASA’s experimental X-59 plane flew at supersonic speeds for the first time, the space agency has announced another milestone for the research aircraft. The plane is designed to ...