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NASA is working on ending the 50-year ban on civilian supersonic aircraft over land in the United States. This move could open up new commercial cargo and passenger markets and dramatically reduce travel time. NASA's Quesst mission is working on designing and building NASA's X-59 research aircraft with technology that reduces the loudness of a [...]
Needless to say 2020 and 2021 have been very challenging years for the travel industry, especially for airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers and hotels. While there will still be challenging conditions in 2022, there is more optimism compared to 2021. Vaccine boosters, pills and technological advances and the easing of restrictions will dictate the tone of [...]
SST travel is coming back, but it will be for business aviation passengers first. It’s been over 15 years since Concorde (the sled) was up in our skies flying faster than the speed of sound. New technology is advancing efforts to bring back supersonic passenger jets, an area dominated by the Concorde for almost three [...]
"People have always wanted to travel fast, ever since the first person galloped across the plains on horseback," says Mike Bannister. And he should know. Mr Bannister flew Concorde with British Airways for 22 years. As the airline's senior Concorde captain he piloted the final commercial flight over London in October 2003 and subsequently the [...]
NASA is keeping things moving with its X-59 program - the one where it's developing a modern supersonic aircraft that proves the viability of lessening the traditional supersonic "boom" to a mere supersonic "thump," in order to show that supersonic commercial passenger flights over land could be a real thing. The agency has already developed [...]
Lockheed Martin's experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production, the defense giant announced Nov. 16, 2018. NASA will flight-test the experimental QueSST aircraft by the end of 2021. Earlier this year, NASA awarded Lockheed a contract worth nearly $250 million to develop an aircraft capable of reaching supersonic speed without creating the deafening sonic boom [...]
