Commercial air travel has been stuck below the sound barrier for about 20 years, since the Concorde’s last flight in 2003. While the technology exists to fly about twice as fast as we do now, conventional wisdom in the aerospace industry is that supersonic flight simply doesn’t make economic sense. Blake Scholl disagrees...This week on How I Built This Lab, ... Show More
Oct 2020
How can a sonic boom disrupt the French Open?
Last week, a French fighter jet broke the sound barrier above Paris, causing a sonic boom that wreaked havoc across the city while the French Open was in play. This week, the World of Aviation's resident fighter pilot, Christian "Boo" Boucousis, tells host Adam Thorn exactly how ... Show More
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