During WWII, the United States would develop its first jet powered aircraft, with the goal that it would offer unmatched speed and usher a new era in aviation. This was the Bell P-59 Airacomet, and ...

What You Need to Know: The Bell P-59 Airacomet, America’s first jet fighter, debuted in 1942 but didn’t see combat due to its limited speed and performance compared to WWII’s piston-engine fighters ...

NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale, California, on Friday, is designed to turn the volume down on ...

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...

NASA will provide live coverage as it reveals its X-59 aircraft at 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12, as part of the agency’s Quesst mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible. For the first ...