The Concorde was a marvel of engineering, capable of flying at Mach 2 while delivering passengers across the Atlantic in ...

During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...

The company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft’s supersonic ... we don’t need as many.” Like Concorde, the XB-1 and Overture both have a long nose and a high angle of attack for takeoff and ...

There have been no commercial aircraft capable of supersonic flight since the Concorde - which is why airspace is so limited. The only aircraft to have reached those speeds have either been ...