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From: varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel)
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Subject: Re: Number of Concorde ever build
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Date: 20 Jan 89 04:32:29 GMT
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Sometime around 1960, USAF experimented with civilian tolerance for
sonic booms by regularly flying supersonic over Oklahoma City.  They
discovered that the public doesn't put up with it.  You _can't_ fly
supersonic over populated areas of democracies, whether in military
or civilian aircraft.  It is only political in that any government
that allows it will get voted out of office.

The Pacific cries for hypersonic civil aviation.  It isn't easy, though.

-- Don Varvel