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6.2 - Supersonic Transport

 
      

In this discussion activity, address the following:

  • Although Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947, the first flight of a commercial supersonic travel did not take place until 1969. Discuss the subject of supersonic flight, both military and civilian.
  • Why were supersonic bombers, such as the B-58 and the B-70, phased out, whereas the subsonic B-52 is scheduled to fly for up to 90 years?
  • Why were the Concorde and Tu-144 supersonic transports commercial failures?
  • Why did the United States end its SST project in 1971?

Three to four Paragraphs

 

please use if able;

Bilstein, R. E. (2001). Flight in America- From the Wrights to the astronauts (3rd Ed). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

 

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