As the aircraft broke the sound barrier, however, its quiet thump was not heard. A NASA F-15 chase plane flew nearby to ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above mountains near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross For seven decades, ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has flown faster than the speed of sound for the first time, marking a key step in the agency’s effort to usher in an era of civil supersonic flight over ...

The X-59, the centerpiece of NASA's Quesst ("Quiet Supersonic Technology") program, is designed to generate mild thumps ...

The world’s favourite air combat simulator returns for another sortie, with a very modern take on aerial warfare and the fog ...

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of ...

Applying miles per gallon to a commercial aircraft, the way it applies to a car, does not produce a meaningful comparison. A ...

After months of test flights, NASA’s X-59 aircraft is gearing up for its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier ...

Then this April, the FAA confirmed that almost 50% of all copper wires across the network had been replaced, 270 radio sites ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is approaching one of the most significant moments of its development as it prepares for ...

NASA engineers have crossed a milestone that once sounded like a bad idea on Mars: spinning helicopter rotor tips faster than the speed of sound without shredding the blades. In tests inside a chamber ...

A former Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer has continued his love of planes well into his 80s by spending "thousands of hours" on a flight simulation game. John Heys, 88, left the RAF in 1977 and later ...