Aircraft
Civil Supersonics
Concorde is a museum piece, but the allure of speed could spell success for one or more of these projects.

Civil Supersonic

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Fourteen years have passed since British Airways and Air France retired their 13 Concordes, and for the first time in the history of human flight, air travelers have had to settle for flying more slowly than they used to. But now, more so than at any time since Concorde’s thunderous Olympus afterburning turbojets fell silent, there are multiple indications of a supersonic revival, and the activity appears to be more advanced in the field of business jets than in the airliner sector.