Whether the concept can transcend the niche market remains to be seen, as supersonic travel looks to revive its place in modern air transport.

The Mach number is an important ratio: as a plane flies, it disturbs the air in front of it. These disturbances move at the speed of sound. In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form ...

But what exactly is supersonic travel? There are good reasons why it’s not more common, despite the hype. The Mach number is defined as a plane’s speed divided by the speed that sound waves move ...

(CNN) — Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to ...