When legendary pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and flew the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 in 1947, it was the greatest aviation milestone ever achieved at that time. These days, however, reaching ...

Hermeus successfully flew its latest Quarterhorse aircraft, marking the company’s second first flight in less than a year.

NACA used the F-100 Super Sabre to study supersonic stability, pilot workload, and sonic boom effects, turning early Mach-1 dangers into practical engineering rules.