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Re:Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback by djsumdog on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:17AM (#13565901)
There's a really good vox video on why the Concord failed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_wuykzfFzE

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Re:Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback by kogepathic on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:17AM (#13566205)
The biggest reason Concord wasn't successful was the sonic boom.

This is why it only ever flew transatlantic. It was originally envisioned to also fly across the US, e.g. NYC to LA, but this was banned due to noise concerns.

Had the Concord been permitted to fly over the continental US, it could have been much more successful than it was.

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Re:Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback by hanoz on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:59AM (#13566984)
The biggest reason Concord wasn't successful was that it was banned from flying over continental US.

How much that was because of the sonic boom is a matter of some debate.

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Re:Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback by kogepathic on Saturday February 04, 2017 @04:44PM (#13569265)
> How much that was because of the sonic boom is a matter of some debate.

No, it's actually not a matter of debate at all. See FAR 91.817 [0]

No person may operate a civil aircraft in the United States at a true flight Mach number greater than 1

[0] http://www.risingup.com/fars/info/part91-817-FAR.shtml

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Re:Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback by hh2222 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @02:29AM (#13566081)
That's one opinion, the Concorde was a success in many ways.
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