What It’s Like To Fly Supersonic In 7 Different Aircraft
Each time one flies above Mach 1 is special. Most commercial pilots have never done it. Our reporter is not a pilot, but he’s ...
Flying12h
JetBlue Offers Some Pilots $400,000 to Retire Early
JetBlue is looking to trim its pilot ranks with voluntary separations for some of the carrier’s more senior aviators.
National Interest on MSN23h
The Bell X-1 Jet Had Exactly One Defining Feature
The X-1 was first flown on glide tests, in Florida, after being dropped from a B-29 at 29,000 feet. It wasn’t until information collected during the glide tests was processed, and adjustments were ...
Valley Public Radio11h
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert
Boom is convinced it can overcome the barriers that grounded the Concorde and make supersonic travel affordable and greener.
The Economist14h
1843 magazine
Before the Ukraine war, Wildberries was a giant of e-commerce. Now it’s caught up in a medieval blood feud ...