Why do supersonic planes have narrow fuselages over the wings? Why are engines slightly forward? It’s all about the "Area Rule," a fascinating design principle that reduces drag and increases ...

As engines became more powerful (and supersonic speeds proved to be of little military importance), the conspicuous area ruling visible in Vietnam-era airplanes ceased.

The US Department of Transportation and the FAA issued a Final Rule (PDF) on January 6 2021 to facilitate the safe development of civil supersonic aircraft.

Trump ended a 52-year ban on overland supersonic flight via executive order. Boom Supersonic plans to begin jet production at its NC superfactory in 2026. The FAA must draft new supersonic noise ...

Description: Subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic perturbation theory applied to wings and bodies employing techniques of matched asymptotic expansions. Finite element, influence coefficient methods.

Supersonic air travel took another step closer to returning to the skies Thursday when the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule ...

In the mid-to-late 40s, in the thick of WWIII, engineers designing fighters were discovering that something unusual would happen when planes reached transonic and supersonic levels of speed. Shock ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued new final rules to help pave the way for the re-introduction of supersonic commercial flight. The U.S. airspace regulator's rules provide ...

Mark Mallari of Manila, the Philippines, writes in with a question on supersonic flight: “Whatever happened to the Whitcomb area rule that revolutionized the design of supersonic aircraft?

SUPERSONIC RULES EYED BY FAA IN INFORMATION-GATHERING EFFORT - The Federal Aviation Administration is gathering information on supersonic technology in an effort it says could lead to future rules ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued new final rules to help pave the way for the re-introduction of supersonic commercial flight.