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unusual facts about Supersonic aircraft


Supersonic aircraft

Projects for both large-scale and business jet (see lower) passenger supersonic and hypersonic airliners (Aerion SBJ, HyperMach SonicStar, Next Generation Supersonic Transport, Tupolev Tu-444, Gulfstream X-54, LAPCAT, Reaction Engines A2, Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport, SpaceLiner, etc.) were proposed and now are under development.



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Avion de Transport Supersonique Futur

The Avion de Transport Supersonique Futur (ATSF) also known as Alliance was a concept design for supersonic aircraft considered by British Aerospace and AĆ©rospatiale.

Mary Goldring

Mary Goldring became particularly noted in the late 1960s as the Economists aviation correspondent, for her sustained and trenchant critique of the development programme for the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic aircraft, on the basis of noise, pollution and above all what she predicted would be disastrous commercial economics.