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Will Air Force One Someday Go Supersonic?

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Forget Breaking The Sound Barrier, America's Bell X-1 Destroyed It (And Was The First To Do So)

Bell X-1: The First Manned Airplane to Exceed the Speed of Sound

Meet the Sun Feng Missile: Taiwan’s Ultimate Policy Against China

The Valkyrie’s six large turbojet engines together provided an impressive 180,000 pounds of thrust. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Supersonic Nuclear Seaplane? Soviet Russia Wanted a Monster of a Bomber

Supersonic Failure: Why the Concorde Was Always Doomed

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The Concorde Was a Supersonic Experiment Doomed From the Start

Cold War Reject: The Soviet Union Turned Its Back on This

America's Concorde Ended in Supersonic Failure

Why Is United Airlines Buying Supersonic Jets That Don’t Yet Exist?

Convair’s Sea Dart: Why the World's Only Supersonic Seaplane Failed

What's Flies Faster Than These Three Planes? Just About Nothing

Imagine a Supersonic Air Force One. (It Could Happen.)

How the Bell X-1 Earned Its Place in Aviation History