It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that perform well at high speeds by minimizing "drag" don't have the "lift" needed for takeoff. The solution for Concorde was an elegant delta ...

A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...

As it lifted from the tarmac it did indeed look like a swan rising from a stretch of still water, its wide-spread wings ... quieter than Concorde's. It's all in how the plane shapes the inevitable ...