NASA's X-59 "QueSST" aircraft is central to research aimed at lifting the FAA's 53-year ban on supersonic flight over land by demonstrating technology that reduces sonic booms to quieter "sonic thumps ...
Editor’s Note: To watch a video version of this article, click here. For 53 years, one federal regulation has stood between ...
After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...
Section 1. Purpose. The United States stands at the threshold of a bold new chapter in aerospace innovation. For more than 50 years, outdated and overly restrictive regulations have grounded the ...
NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...
In the 1990s, NASA initiated a five-year research program with Russian aerospace companies to develop new technologies for a proposed second-generation supersonic airliner. The engineers used a ...
Revival of supersonic air travel is a subject which has largely been relegated to ‘silly season’ status in the two decades since withdrawal of the BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde fleet. While no supersonic ...
The Concorde, a supersonic aircraft, marked a significant milestone in aviation history but ultimately ended service in 2003. A student filmmaker's documentary highlighted the Concorde's impact and ...
A recent set of aviation related Executive Orders aim to promote the commercial development of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) and supersonic flight in the United States by reducing regulatory ...
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