Imagine taking off from London's Heathrow airport at 9 a.m. (British time) and after an immaculately smooth flight arriving in New York at 7:30 a.m. (New York time) that same morning. It was possible ...

Between 1976 and 2003, the fastest, highest flying, and most elegant way to travel between Europe and the U.S. was aboard the British-French Concorde, a marvel of aircraft engineering that had to ...

Aircraft, like sports cars and motorbikes, are machines with charisma. Many of them attract a cult following: some because of the narratives attached to them, some for their appearance, some for their ...

The Concorde program was the world's first supersonic airliner, undertaken in a joint development and manufacturing effort by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concorde took its ...

Since the last Concorde touched down for the final time in 2003, commercial aviation has operated at a curious standstill.

This lecture will explore civil supersonic aircraft projects from Concorde to present day, including Boom Supersonic leading to the future of supersonic civil transport.

The London Underground, the Channel Tunnel and the creation of the World Wide Web have been celebrated as Britain's greatest engineering and manufacturing achievements. A poll of 2,000 adults ...

Forced diversion to Halifax appears to have hastened French and UK decision to withdraw supersonic aircraft A severe in-flight fuel feed leak appears to have started the chain reaction that prompted ...