Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban

Re:Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban by IAmGraydon on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @01:11PM (#48750105)

That's funny - I had no idea it was actually banned in the first place. I live near a number of large military bases and hear the fighter jets break the sound barrier on a somewhat regular basis.

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Re:Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban by tsherb on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @03:34PM (#48752010)

I believe the supersonic ban is/was on civilian aircraft.

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Re:Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban by throwaway85825 on Friday July 03, 2026 @02:16PM (#48778081)

Here the military agreed to only allow booms in emergencies.

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Re:Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban by nradov on Friday July 03, 2026 @02:11PM (#48778030)

Are you sure you're actually hearing sonic booms? The low-bypass turbofan engines used on most current tactical aircraft are quite loud even in subsonic flight. F-35 and F/A-18 fighters overfly my house occasionally and while I don't mind the noise they're definitely much louder than airliners. They generally only go supersonic over designated training ranges away from heavily populated areas.

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Re:Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban by antonymoose on Friday July 03, 2026 @03:04PM (#48778709)

I live along the coast. They’ll routinely go supersonic too near to shore and violate their own standards. Nothing ever comes of it. Just part of life.

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