Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government officials hoped. When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the late 1960s, Miami-Dade County had grand ambitions of becoming the center of commercial aviation’s fledgling intercontinental network. Local government wanted to construct the world’s largest airport in the middle of Everglades, […]
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Toyota, Boom Supersonic advance during year
Dec. 26—Editor’s note: No. 9 of the top 10 stories of 2023. TRIAD — The Toyota Corp. electric car battery manufacturing complex in Randolph County and the Boom Supersonic aircraft factory at Piedmont Triad International Airport last year continued on pace toward opening and reshaping the region’s economy. Toyota, which announced plans for its operation […]
Ukraine downs 3 Russian Su-34 supersonic aircraft
Ukraine downed three Russian Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber aircraft on the southern front, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk announced on Dec. 22. The Su-34 can carry out air strikes on targets up to 600 miles away while carrying 12 metric tons of bombs and missiles. “The hunt for them lasted for a long period of time,” […]
What’s it like to buzz an Artemis SLS moon rocket with a supersonic jet? NASA’s Artemis 2 commander tells all (video)
The first moon commander in 50 years grins as a picture of jets and a lunar rocket flashes up on the screen in front of him. “That was a fun day.” NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman is the commander of Artemis 2, which aims to fly four people around the moon in 2024 or so. During […]