The 747-8i Boeing Business Jet, which is a VIP-configured variant of the civilian jumbo plane, is the world's largest private aircraft in active operation. The dual-level jumbo takes private ...
Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and above) during a flight test. The scientists claim that the aircraft ...
Chinese scientists have sent a hypersonic aircraft with a remarkably bulky body soaring through the sky, reaching a speed that could cover the distance from Beijing to New York in two hours.
This means that in the future, hypersonic aircraft could carry just as many passengers or as much cargo as today’s jumbo jets. They carried out the test flight at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to adopt more stringent ground-level emissions standards for engines used primarily in commercial aircraft, including Boeing's 737 ...