An Overview of Supersonic Flight

Credit: USAF/LT. ROBERT A. HOOVER
Supersonic flight has come a long way since the first manned flight to exceed Mach 1 in 1947, and to mark the 60th anniversary of that milestone, Aviation Week & Space Technology looks at what comes next. Sixty years ago this week, the clear air over the Mojave Desert resounded to the crack of the...

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