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London to New York in 3.5 hours: How Boom Supersonic is learning from Concorde’s mistakes
It’s been more than 20 years since the last supersonic passenger flight took ... only around 35 per cent. Concorde’s ticket prices were up there in the ultra-luxury category.
The Sun1mon
‘Boomless’ supersonic flights ‘just months away’ as US airlines rush to order jets that fly twice as fast as Boeing 747s
SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde ... Supersonic aircraft were banned in the UK more ...
Reason24d
Supersonic Commercial Air Travel Is On Its Way
The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144, were not private ventures. While the cost of the Tu-144 is opaque due to the nature of the Soviet Union's economy ...
Business Insider on MSN24d
Why bringing back supersonic flight is almost impossible
Companies are investing billions of dollars in bringing supersonic back, but the path isn't going to be easy.
CNN11d
Incredible NASA photo captures sound barrier being broken
It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French ...
AOL28d
A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here's how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
Denver-based Boom Supersonic wants to revive Mach ... easily accessible for maintenance — and be 20% more fuel efficient than those on the Concorde. The Concorde also had four engines but ...
heraldscotland19d
We flew supersonic: when Concorde ruled the skies
The eyes of the world were on Concorde as it darted at supersonic ... the speed of sound and completing 6,842 supersonic cycles. “She arrived over 20 years ago, and is still one of our most ...