So, although these flights were traveling faster than the speed of sound on paper, the plane never broke the sound barrier. Speed of sound is referenced by airspeed, not ground speed – which is ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

What is a black box, what can it tell us, and have the data recorders been found from Flight 5342 and the Army's Blackhawk?

The black boxes are the nickname for the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder that record events during a flight.

Since these flights were moving with the wind rather than accelerating independently, their true airspeed remained within normal cruising limits. Experts believe that if the strong jet stream ...

Every commercial aircraft must have two black boxes-one to record flight data like airspeed and altitude, and the other to ...

Storm Eowyn has resulted in jet stream winds in excess of 260mph over the east coast of the US, meaning records could be broken over the coming days. Transatlantic passengers flying between the US and ...