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But when this was first rolled out, there was a fear that she'd end up more cinderella than queen of the skies. only two months after the 747 first flew, the british and french tested their vision of the future — concorde travelling twice the speed of sound. at this time, aviation is at a crossroads, can we all enjoy the supersonic speed of getting to our destinations quickly, or will we be travelling with 450 others? so nobody knew at this time, but the race was on. if supersonic won that battle, boeing had built the hump into the jumbo's nose so it could be turned into a lowly freighter, b...

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Whereas further north, some chilly air working its way in. so some temperature contrasts through the day on monday. rain pushing east out of eastern england, i think quite early on on monday, but some continuing across northern england, up into scotland. something a little bit brighter into northern ireland but you can see that temperature contrast, 6 degrees in glasgow, 1a in london, well above the norm for this time of year. as we head deep into the week, another area of low pressure will bring more rain for some on wednesday. that will then start to slide away south, high pressure will buil...

Crashes overseas. cbs' kris van cleave had a seat on today's flight. >> reporter: tonight, back in the air with passengers aboard. we are on an american airlines 737 max as it takes off from dallas heading for tulsa, oklahoma. this is a demo flight. it's part of american's effort to get people comfortable with the idea of flying on a max again, but it's also really the first time anyone from the public has been allowed to fly on this airplane since it was grounded 20 months ago. >> you can control that side. i can control this side. >> reporter: but first, its fleet of 24 max jets are endergoi...

It's hard to imagine, but when this was first rolled out, there was a fear that she'd end up more cinderella than queen of the skies. only two months after the 747 first flew, the british and french tested their vision of the future — concorde travelling twice the speed of sound. at this time, aviation is at a crossroads, can we all enjoy the supersonic speed of getting to our destinations quickly, or will we be travelling with 450 others? so nobody knew at this time, but the race was on. if supersonic won that battle, boeing had built the hump into the jumbo's nose so it could be turned int...