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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.
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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
When it was introduced in 1981, the supersonic transport plane seemed to represent the future of passenger air travel, but studies called it costly, inefficient and noisy.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
Boeing won a government competition to build a supersonic transport in the 1960s but abandoned the project in 1971 when Congress eliminated funding.
—Christian Davenport, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
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
When it was introduced in 1981, the supersonic transport plane seemed to represent the future of passenger air travel, but studies called it costly, inefficient and noisy.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
Boeing won a government competition to build a supersonic transport in the 1960s but abandoned the project in 1971 when Congress eliminated funding.
—Christian Davenport, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic transport
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In January this year, a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines’ 737 Max jet shortly after takeoff.Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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That scientists can even make out such large jets is a testament to the sensitivity of modern telescopes.Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
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July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min Share Comment Save Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston.Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company that kicked off the SPAC boom, flew its rocket plane to the limit of the atmosphere and back this morning (May 25) for the first time in nearly two years.Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 25 May 2023
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Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
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Among the programs being cut is the 767 jet, which is now only being built in a freighter version.Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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To check freighter travel in Michigan, visit the MarineTraffic website.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
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Mexico would chase down a twin-engine turboprop, according to Scramble, an aviation newsletter.Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Aviation Week 2024 Fleet Forecast projects total narrow body, widebody, regional and turboprop aircraft deliveries for 2024 to be at 1,796.Alex Krutz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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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
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Other health care facilities in Asheville have brought in tanker trucks with water to continue their operations, but Planned Parenthood is still working on requesting emergency water supplies from the state.Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Lara had driven this four-day round trip dozens of times, but on this day he was pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol on I-80 about an hour outside of Reno, ostensibly for following and passing a tanker truck too closely.Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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John Grant chief analyst at OAG Rising costs Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and the United Kingdom, along with other Western nations, imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian aircraft.Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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The helicopter, which was clearly marked as a UN aircraft, was carrying 18 people when it was hit, according to a WFP statement.David Culver, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Supersonic transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic%20transport. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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