Daily Memo: Civil Supersonics: How Real Is The Dream In 2026?

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Fifty-seven years after the first flight of the Anglo-French Concorde, and after countless false starts to develop successors, is aviation realistically closer than ever to returning to a new age of commercial supersonic travel? The answer is perhaps more than a “maybe.” In California, NASA is...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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