One of the most outrageous spectacles in aviation is when a high-performance airplane takes off gracefully out of a lake or the open sea and defies all odds in a most dramatic manner. These machines ...

Inside a Georgia factory, engineers are building hypersonic aircraft that could transform military, commerce and travel.

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...