Concorde’s 50th Anniversary Marked Amid Civil Supersonic Revival

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As the drive toward sustainable commercial supersonic aircraft begins to accelerate, it seems remarkable that half a century ago the first supersonic airliner prototypes were already entering flight testing and the coming high-speed leap in civil aviation was viewed as a near-term inevitability. Yet...

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