Supercruise sounds like marketing spin, but in aviation it describes a very specific and demanding trick: flying faster than sound for long stretches without lighting fuel‑guzzling afterburners.

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Although few people ever get the chance to travel at the speed of sound, it is an alluring flight goal and an impressive technological feat. Though average people have flown at high speeds on ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate technologies to pave the way for the return of supersonic airliners. The XB-1 ...