💬 Opinion 2d ago · Matthew Petti

Trump's FAA Moves To End the 50-Year Ban on Domestic Supersonic Flight

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Trump's FAA Moves To End the 50-Year Ban on Domestic Supersonic Flight
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Supersonic flight was always focused on crossing oceans in record time. The Concorde famously brought flight times between New York and London down to three hours before its last retirement in 2003. But flying supersonic within the country has been off the table since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned overland supersonic flights in March 1973 due to loud sonic booms.
The Trump administration wants to change that—though the bureaucracy is moving slowly. Last year, President Donald

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