Those 'dings' on planes are more than just noise. They are coded signals between pilots and flight attendants. A chime during taxi means prepare for takeoff. Another at 10,000 feet signals it is ...

Remember the Concorde plane and the sonic booms created by its ... which meant it only consumed half of its fuel for take-off and landing. It would cover 22.5 miles per minute, but its use sparked ...

The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of sound in a test flight on Tuesday—the first time a plane has accomplished that feat without the fuels ... Instead, this compact ...