FAA Takes First Step to Scrap the Ban on Supersonic Flights Over the U.S.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced a proposed rule change Tuesday that would lift the ban on supersonic flights ...

NASA’s X-59 is built to make supersonic flight quiet, and the real test is whether Concorde’s biggest problem finally disappears

NASA’s X-59 is changing supersonic travel. Can it turn the explosive sonic boom into a quiet "thump" to bring back fast ...
the deep dive

FAA Moves To Open US Land To Supersonic Flights

FAA proposes replacing the US supersonic land ban with noise limits, boosting Boom Supersonic and the "Golden Age of Travel”.
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Sonic booms heard around the world. Should we be worried?

California. Northeast Ohio. Tasmania. Buffalo. Upstate New York. New England. In the first months of 2026, the sky has been falling, over and over again. Sonic booms rattling windows. Fireballs ...
Aviation Week Network

FAA Proposes Noise Standard To Replace Supersonic Flight Ban

The FAA has proposed repealing the ban on civil supersonic fight over the U.S. and replacing it with an interim noise standard that would allow flights above Mach 1 in operating conditions that avoid ...
Hackaday

Mach Cutoff: Bending The Sonic Boom

Supersonic air travel is great if you want to get somewhere quickly. Indeed, the Concorde could rush you from New York to London in less than three and a half hours, over twice as fast as a ...
Popular Science

Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom

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