The last airliner to break the sound barrier landed in 2003. Europe’s Concorde had been in service since 1976 – but not without causing problems. Apart from being heavy on fuel consumption, the Concorde had to be limited to flying its supersonic speeds over the ocean, as the supersonic boom caused when the plane broke the sound barrier
NASA tests supersonic plane
Apr 05, 2023
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