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Recent Examples of supersonic transport
That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Lowering the Boom What kept supersonic transport programs like Concorde from reaching full potential forms the basis for a current X program, the X-59.
—Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
The initial plans started in 1956, with the first in a series of studies commissioned by the British Ministry of Supply, which set about exploring the idea of a supersonic transport plane—then, as now, the sole preserve of military jets.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
In that milieu, Mondale had a halting, cautious start and then flourished, championing consumer legislation, co-sponsoring the War Powers Act, and opposing two controversial Nixon-era programs, the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and the supersonic transport (SST).
—David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
Stern likens the mission’s 9.5-year flight through space now culminating with the flyby to spending years riding an escalator and then immediately hopping onto a supersonic transport.
—Rich Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2015
The 747 was designed at a time when the airline industry expected the supersonic transport -- SST for short -- to be the aircraft of the future.
—Howard Slutsken, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
Aviation startup Boom Supersonic is teaming up with defense behemoth Northrop Grumman to create a military version of its Overture supersonic transport.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2022
Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Lowering the Boom What kept supersonic transport programs like Concorde from reaching full potential forms the basis for a current X program, the X-59.
—Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
The initial plans started in 1956, with the first in a series of studies commissioned by the British Ministry of Supply, which set about exploring the idea of a supersonic transport plane—then, as now, the sole preserve of military jets.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
In that milieu, Mondale had a halting, cautious start and then flourished, championing consumer legislation, co-sponsoring the War Powers Act, and opposing two controversial Nixon-era programs, the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and the supersonic transport (SST).
—David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
Stern likens the mission’s 9.5-year flight through space now culminating with the flyby to spending years riding an escalator and then immediately hopping onto a supersonic transport.
—Rich Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2015
The 747 was designed at a time when the airline industry expected the supersonic transport -- SST for short -- to be the aircraft of the future.
—Howard Slutsken, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
Aviation startup Boom Supersonic is teaming up with defense behemoth Northrop Grumman to create a military version of its Overture supersonic transport.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic transport
Noun
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The quarterback went from almost a dead stop to turning on the jets with one thing in mind — score.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Cat mistakenly left on a plane This cat named Mittens became an accidental jet setter when her cage was overlooked multiple times in a plane cargo hold!—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That means the rocket plane will fly to space just one more time, taking four customers into suborbital space to experience a few minutes of microgravity before coming back to land on a runway.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2024
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The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six months, giving a few Virgin Galactic customers a taste of spaceflight after waiting more than a decade.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2024
Noun
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As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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Those advantages also have a downside: ramjets are entirely ineffective at low speeds and are often accompanied by turbojets to handle subsonic flight, where the airspeed isn't enough to feed air-hungry ramjet engines.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Freight can be moved by coastal freighters and barges.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Previously, the small runway could only handle helicopters and small turboprop planes from Reykjavik and other settlements in Greenland.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Special Olympics Airlift was the idea of a former CEO of Textron Aviation, which makes Citation business jets and Beechcraft turboprops, to transport athletes from all over the U.S. to the games.—
Julie Boatman,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
Noun
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Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The shadow fleet is made up of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue flowing to Moscow, and is a cause of concern for European countries.—
Lorne Cook and Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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According to the Associated Press, Mittens was traveling with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new permanent location in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 13, when staff forgot to remove her from the aircraft on arrival.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The object suddenly shifted its longitudinal axis, aligned it with my aircraft and began to climb.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Supersonic transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic%20transport. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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