Could supersonic passenger flight finally make a comeback? | The Current

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It’s been over 20 years since the last Concorde flight, and now engineers are working to bring back supersonic passenger flights. Bob van der Linden, curator of air transportation and special purpose aircraft at the U.S. National Air and Space Museum, tells us what it was like aboard the last Air France Concorde flight in 2003. Peter Coen, integration manager for NASA’s Quesst mission, discusses the agency’s work to quiet the sonic boom that planes create and what he thinks the future of supersonic flight will look like. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6MSjH9Bb63S9tbQa1Y Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matte

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