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

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

Carrying 48 rockets and the most powerful engine of its type outside the Soviet bloc, this buzzy little fighter could fly ...

A video and pictures have emerged showing testing of Chinese high-flying and high-speed uncrewed air vehicles, including ...

After take off, the X-plane tilts its rotor nacelles forward for horizontal flight and locks them off as the jet engines take over ... at the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) in New Mexico ...

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

The Cirrus SR-20 is a light composite monoplane that was designed by Cirrus Aircraft in the early 1990s. The four-person ...

Boom Supersonic announced it raised $100 million to create its engine. Will supersonic passenger flight and North Carolina jobs be next?

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 ...