The XB-35 flying wing could have only existed thanks to one man, Jack Northrop, a brilliant engineer who realized that aircraft design had gone in the wrong direction. The sole purpose of a plane is ...

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the ...

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today's B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis ...