Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

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 ...

The blade tip speed limit of a propeller plane's propeller can determine the plane's top speed for reasons relating to design ...

Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, ... The small aircraft reached a top speed of Mach 1.122 (roughly 750 miles per hour) ...

(Fighters, which use supersonic speed briefly, if at all, look different.) Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144 cruised at Mach 2 at 60,000 feet, where their indicated airspeed was only 380 knots, ...

Supersonic flight means breaking the sound barrier, but there are some myths as to what pilots actually feel at Mach 1. ... Myth 1: Pilots experience intense G-forces at supersonic speed.

Using high-speed cameras, they then recorded the impacts of the supersonic microprojectiles, moving at 1,337 meters per second, which is more than four times the speed of sound,. While bond ...