[OC] Supersonic Inefficiency: Why the Concorde Was DecommissionedSubmitted by haboo213 t3_xtr2ft in dataisbeautiful
dpdxguy t1_iqv8lo9 wrote
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>Boeing gave up on their supersonic airliner (but that’s one for the tin foil hat crew)
No foil needed. Development of the Boeing SST was funded in large part by the US government. The government killed the funding so Boeing killed the project.
au-smurf t1_iqxvgh6 wrote
Not the cancellation for tin foil hat crew, the laws re flying supersonic over land were passed around the same time.
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