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American Airlines bets on faster-than-sound jet travel—but it won’t be ready until 2029
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAmerican Airlines has set its sights on cutting flight times in half, with a purchase of planes so...
2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds. That's over 200 mph faster...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA United Airlines Boeing 787.JanValls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images On Saturday, a Virgin...
Freak winds in Atlantic jet stream push commercial planes to supersonic speeds
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNear record-breaking wind over the mid-Atlantic region pushed east-bound commercial planes to...
Transatlantic airplanes are flying at the ‘speed of sound’ right now. Here’s why
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoStrong jet streams across the Atlantic are seeing passenger airplanes knock more than an hour off...
Quiet Boom: Meet the NASA Test Pilot Who’ll Fly the Next Supersonic X-Plane
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoQ&A With a NASA Test Pilot for the New X-PlaneLockheed Martin NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59, is on...
The fastest private jets in the world ranked by speed
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAside from riding on Virgin Galactic's commercial spacecraft, the Global 8000 is about the closest...
How a Virgin Atlantic flight accidentally went faster than the speed of sound
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoExtremely strong winds high above the Atlantic pushed commercial flights close to record-breaking...
Netjets will be the first customer for Bombardier's new $78 million private jet, the world's fastest...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBombardier's rendering of its Global 8000 cabin.Bombardier Private charter operator NetJets will be...
Washington flights exceed 800 mph due to near-record winds over DC — arrive 45 minutes early
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOther air travelers also benefited from this powerful jet stream on Saturday and Sunday with...
The Concorde made its final flight over 20 years ago and supersonic air travel has yet to return....
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA British Airways Concorde takes off from JFK International Airport in New York for the final time...