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Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes by Xixi on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:13PM (#11337584)
The F35-B is both supersonic and VSTOL [1]: very hard indeed, but done. Just like the Harrier, the F35-B probably doesn't take off vertically with any significant payload though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning...

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Re:Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes by lmm on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:19PM (#11337631)
The F-35-B has essentially two different types of engine (the main engines and the lift fan) to make that work.
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