It was faster than Concorde and carried more passengers - but behind the speed and prestige, the Tu-144 was plagued with danger. From a shocking crash at the 1973 Paris Air Show to an unreliable and ...

31 December 1968 Concorde’s Soviet rival, the Tupolev Tu-144, took off for the first time from a runway to the side of the factory where it was built in Zhukovski, southeast of Moscow. The plane was ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

PONTOISE, France — A French court has found Continental Airlines, Inc. and one of its mechanics guilty of criminal wrongdoing in the crash of a supersonic Concorde jet outside Paris a decade ago that ...

The sleek supersonic Concorde was the "Queen of the Skies." 50 years ago, Air France and British Airways launched scheduled service.

It only took four hours and ten minutes for the supersonic airliner to cross the pond.