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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by defaultname on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:05AM (#27381543)
Flying above the speed of sound without using afterburners is referred to as supercruise, and it is something the Concorde was capable of doing.

There aren't a lot of supercruise aircraft out there. The F22, for instance, can supercruise effectively, but the F35 cannot.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by iab on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:56AM (#27383266)
True, but in defense of the F-35 it also can't fly very far
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