Key Points and Summary - Conceived in the 1950s to swat Soviet bombers before they reached U.S. airspace, the North American XF-108 Rapier promised Mach 3 performance via twin GE J93s and a novel ...

Airplane performance specifications don’t often make the news anymore. The tempo of aerospace development has slowed since the earlier eras of jet technology, when speed and altitude seemed to be ...

Virgin Galactic may be busy designing its tourist spacecraft, but that hasn't stopped it from working on more high-speed transportation, in the shape of its new Mach 3 aircraft. Revealed today, the ...

Virgin Galactic unveiled the design for an upcoming high-speed aircraft this week that may be able to fly from New York to London in 90 minutes. The Richard Branson-founded aerospace company said it ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: It’s important not to be too awed by that Mach 3 speed. Had the F-108 and its ilk entered service, the United States would have had a fleet of big, unmaneuverable, ...

In addition to space tourism, Virgin Galactic has big plans for high-speed air travel. Those plans require a new kind of aircraft, and today, the company unveiled the initial design concepts for its ...

The aircraft, developed in cooperation with NASA, is set to become the first supersonic airliner since the retirement of the Concorde. On August 3, 2020, Virgin Galactic unveiled a concept for a new ...

At Mach 3, you travel about 3,000 feet per second. That's over half a mile (or 10 football fields). And at 70,000 feet, you're twice as high as the average airliner. Only a handful of aircraft have ...

Virgin Galactic’s main focus has been space tourism culminating in plans to start commercial spaceflight next year assuming two more test flights go well. But back down on earth the company is also ...

Ever since the retirement of the Concorde, the world has been dreaming about the return of civilian supersonic flight. A few things, including noise regulations and the high price for tickets, are ...

Virgin Galactic announced the initial design of a Mach 3 commercial aircraft, partnering with Rolls-Royce for engine propulsion technology. The proposed delta-wing aircraft aims to carry 9 to 19 ...