In terms of passenger travel comparisons, the Concorde supersonic airliner traveled at Mach 2, or about 2,100 km/hour. Most of the newer generation of supersonic aircraft under development today ...

I mean, weren't past supersonic jets done in by the fact that they cost such an extraordinary amount of money to operate, and take so few passengers ... of "airplane" - The X-15 reached Mach ...

Now the startup Venus Aerospace wants to take that to another level entirely by creating a passenger aircraft that can go not Mach 1, Mach 2… but Mach 9 — or over 6,900 miles per hour.

The new supersonic passenger plane will feature an elongated nose ... which previously flew at approximately Mach 2. However, the new aircraft will have a 50% greater range—capable of flying ...

The legendary aircraft, capable of Mach 2 (1,350 mph), could fly from New York ... Today’s flight is another step toward the return of supersonic passenger travel.” With two test flights ...

Airlines also needed to maximize the number of passengers they put in their aircraft, so fast ... broken by the Concorde in 1996 when it hit Mach 2.04 while flying from New York to London.

Though slightly slower than the Russian plane at Mach 2.04, the Concorde was far less ... six of which never flew passengers. On top of that, the Concorde was fuel thirsty, with twice the burn ...

A Chinese aerospace firm has completed the first test flight of a passenger plane that it claims can fly at Mach 4 – more than ... crossing for a Concorde was 2 hours and 53 minutes, while ...

The state-of-the-art engine's successful Mach 4 flight (3,106 mph / 5,000 ... to be the heart of the future Yunxing supersonic passenger plane, also designed by Space Transportation.