Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...
Analyzes FAA's recent proposal performance-based standard for sonic boom. Argues that it is flawed because supersonic performance cannot yet be defined, measured, or enforced.
What the FAA is saying now is, hey, the speed of the plane isn't the problem; the sonic boom's power is. So why not regulate ...
More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...