So there was ample incentive four years ago for Whitcomb and a team of NASA engineers at the Langley Research Center in Virginia to turn from the investigation of supersonic wing design to the ...

A "How Things Fly Demonstration" on supersonic flight from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum notes that "At 760 miles an hour air compresses, shockwaves form on the wings, and drag ...

Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

For supersonic flight, the nose was hydraulically lifted, streamlining the plane's shape and allowing it to efficiently pierce the air. It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that ...