Written by: Mary Shull Ever flown in a commercial airplane? If you’re one of the 637 million (U.S. statistics for 2011) who fly each year, your answer would be “yes.” People do love to fly. I mean, come on, what other choice do we have? It’s the fastest mode of transportation available to us. It’s [...]

Despite the demise of Concorde seven years ago the improbability of its return to service, it is expected that commercial supersonic air travel may return as soon as 2015 with the introduction of the highly anticipated supersonic business jet from Aerion Corporation, according to EDI Weekly. Aerion’s supersonic business jet will not have the same [...]

On November 26, 2003, the BAC Concorde—once believed to be a promising key to the future of commercial air travel—made its final flight after 27 years in commercial service.  Concorde was the second supersonic aircraft ever employed in commercial service.  Concorde remained in service for far longer than its earlier introduced Soviet built counterpart—the Tupolev [...]