When Chuck Yeager reached Mach 1 on October 14, 1947, the entire frame of his Bell X-1 aircraft suddenly started to shake, and the controls went. A crew observing the flight in a van on the ground ...
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The Comeback of Clean Supersonic Planes

Could supersonic airplanes be the future of clean air travel? After the retirement of the Concorde in 2003 due to economic and environmental issues, supersonic flight has largely disappeared. Now, ...