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Re:Concorde by ohitsdom on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:50AM (#12787455)
NASA is working on quieter sonic booms.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/meet-nasas-new-x-plan...

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Re:Concorde by digi_owl on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:28AM (#12787742)
I seem to recall that they did some testing with a fat nosed F-5 that showed such a configuration greatly reducing the shockwave.
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Re:Concorde by spitfire on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:06PM (#12789614)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_Sonic_Boom_Demonstratio...

Pretty cool looking actually. Though it does dull the "fighter-planes-fighter-plane" look of the F-5 a bit.

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Re:Concorde by iainmerrick on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:32PM (#12789845)
I disagree, it looks much better! It's like something right out of Flash Gordon or Dan Dare.
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