The Flight Stuff

Why are there no supersonic jets?


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Concorde retired in 2003.

It seems that with so much innovation, we are actually going slower now than ever before. People will tell you that supersonic commercial flight is uneconomical. It's not necessarily true. A supersonic transport is within the state of the art, but attempts to build one have been misdirected by politics and entrenched business interests, with a splash of class rivalry.

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The Flight StuffBy Nicola MacPhail