Supersonic RebirthSince the beginning of air travel, the industry has always looked at ways to move more people quicker and/or cheaper. When supersonic flight was invented shortly after World War II, it was expected to progressively take over the industry, at least for long-distance flights, where the extra speed converted into a much superior user experience.It, however, did not turn out this way. While supersonic airplanes are very important in the military, civilian flights are still, to this day, mostly subsonic, taking more than half a day for intercontinental flights.This was due to a combination of factors, from excessive costs to the difficulty of dealing with sonic booms above populated areas. As a result, the last civilian supersonic flight was in 2003.And it might change, as a new company, the aptly named Boom Supersonic , just achieved its first supersonic flight in a test flight. And the orders for the supersonic plane are already piling up before even being commercialized.Supersonic FlyingThe term supersonic means that an object moves quicker than the speed of sound. This results in a phenomenon where the plane flies quicker than the noise it is generating

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