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

In the 1990s, NASA initiated a five-year research program with Russian aerospace companies to develop new technologies for a proposed second-generation supersonic airliner. The engineers used a ...

Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles have been acquired by NASA to support the experimental X-59 aircraft's flight testing at Armstrong Flight Research Center. The X-59, central to NASA's Quiet ...

The FAA is planning to revise America’s ban on commercial supersonic flight—as long as the “sonic boom” it emits can be ...

After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't sulk. Instead, he built his own airplane. After Nick Sheryka's dreams of ...

A recent set of aviation related Executive Orders aim to promote the commercial development of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) and supersonic flight in the United States by reducing regulatory ...

Supersonic flight : the story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558 / Richard Hallion. Introduction by Michael Collins and Melvin B. Zisfein. Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution ...

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 ...