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hanoz on Feb 4, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback

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.

kogepathic on Feb 4, 2017 [–]

> 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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