The Concorde is history — but China’s C949 may be the future. Capable of flying at Mach 1.6 with a range 50% farther than the Concorde, and a noise level lower than your hair dryer, this could be the ...

We’ve been writing this weekly column for close to 20 years. This one will be our last syndicated by King Features. We have aspired to stay true to this column’s original intent, to “break the sound ...

For years, pilots believed there was a hard wall in the sky no aircraft could cross. Then the X-plane program proved it wrong. This video tells the story of the dangerous test flights, rocket planes, ...