How the YF-12 set Mach 3 records and powered NASA research that shaped the SR-71 and future supersonic aircraft.

Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and ...

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study conducted by the University of Cambridge concluded that reducing flight speed by around 15% could decrease fuel burn by ...