Italy was thought to be the first country to fly a jet-powered plane (although they were second after Germany's He 178), ...

A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed of over 5,000mph – with hopes the project will one day be able to take passengers ...

Test pilot Tristan Brandenburg is pushing Boom's XB-1 demonstrator to supersonic speeds as the company readies its supersonic ...

When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...

The GE9X turbofan is already shattering records as the largest and most sophisticated turbofan ever built. With a record-breaking thrust of 134,300 pounds and an equally impressive core speed of ...

The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in December 1945. See photos of ...

The Stipa-Caproni is sometimes claimed to be an early flying proto-jet and was one of the most unorthodox aircraft designs of the 1930s.

A self-propagating series of explosions, contained between the blades of a high-speed rotor, promises a leap in power and ...

Chinese institute reveals test footage of aircraft that could help turn dream of ‘one-hour global travel’ into reality.

A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed ... Scientists behind the Chinese aircraft announced on December 10 that the test plane had reached a speed more than six times the speed of sound ...