Achieving supersonic flight poses challenges due to adverse aerodynamic effects and excessive heat. The airframe and engines ...

While the earliest wind tunnels such as that used by the Wright Brothers were powered by simple fans, it is not possible for any propeller to surpass subsonic speeds. This is evidenced by there ...

Despite being integral to aviation for more than a century, propellers have changed remarkably little since the Wright Brothers. A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shape ...

A propeller is, after all ... and while there was engaged in the design of supersonic wind tunnel facilities, consulting on engine development and also did a lot of work related to the atomic ...

It was in 2020 that Boom revealed the first proof-of-concept version of its XB-1 aircraft, setting the ambitious goal of bringing back supersonic commercial flight. Today, the company has ...

Ericsson was the inventor of the propeller, and told a curious story about his first propeller boat, and a Commission of the British Admiralty. Mr. Raymond obtained his extraordinary information ...

Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in.

Boom's XB-1 demonstrator will test technology for its planned Overture supersonic commercial airliner "People have always wanted to travel fast, ever since the first person galloped across the ...

Take America’s Switchblade—fired from a tube, the missile has wings that flip out after launch and an electric propeller that drives it forward. The operator can control it via an optical ...

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So, it was surprising to come across the audience at Supersonic on Friday, which was pretty much 80% white, male and middle-aged (adjectives that are all totally appropriate to describe this writer).