The TU 144 was meant to be the Soviet Union’s answer to the Concorde, but the rush to beat the West came at a cost. Engineers ...
As 25 July marks the 20-year anniversary of Concorde’s fatal crash, we look back on the highlights – and lowlights – of the famed supersonic jet. November 1956 The Supersonic Transport Aircraft ...
In 1956, the Supersonic Transport Aircraft Committee was established with the aim of investigating the feasibility of SSTs.