Defying the so-called “sound barrier,” the Bell X-1's flight with Chuck Yeager at the controls pushed human flight into the ...

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. What's next for mach ...

The future of flight is about to break the sound barrier, quietly. Meet NASA’s X-59 QueSST, a revolutionary supersonic ...

Supersonic aircraft have been criticized by environmentalists for burning more fuel per passenger than comparable subsonic ...

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...

President Trump is boosting supersonic aviation in the US with an executive order directing the FAA to repeal a 1973 rule prohibiting overland supersonic flight, establish new noise standards and ...

Supersonic flight is returning to the US after a half-century ban By Abhimanyu Ghoshal June 09, 2025 Boom Supersonic says its Overture passenger airliner will hit cruise speeds of Mach 1.7 ...

Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?

Supersonic flights are also expensive, with pricey operation costs and premium services at extremely high fares. Concorde, for example, was not considered profitable as the cost of fuel far ...

Sonic boom or not, the US FAA currently bans all civil flight at speeds in excess of M1 – a rule it adopted in 1973, as Concorde and other supersonic transport aircraft were emerging.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order encouraging the development of supersonic flights on Friday. Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil.