We listen to the pure sound of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine as historic aircraft come alive. The Avro Lancaster, Supermarine Spitfire, and Hawker Hurricane all relied on this legendary powerplant.

From the moment Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, zipping from New York to Paris in less than three hours became every traveler’s dream. It’s a dream that shattered as ...

Seven down. Three to go. Boom Supersonic—the developer of a 64-to-80-passenger commercial airliner that flies faster than the speed of sound—last week set speed and altitude records with its XB-1 test ...