State-backed Supersonic Projects Pitched East Against West

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As the developers of tomorrow’s high-speed aircraft reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Concorde’s first flight, they can also draw on lessons learned from two costly civil supersonic failures of the same era: the Soviet Union’s ill-starred Tupolev Tu-144 and the aborted U.S. Supersonic Transport...
Guy Norris

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

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