The dream of supersonic passenger flight hits turbulence
With the news that supersonic planemaker Aerion has unexpectedly folded, is the dream of a successor to Concorde running out of fuel?
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With the news that supersonic planemaker Aerion has unexpectedly folded, is the dream of a successor to Concorde running out of fuel?
John Walton, CNN • Published 24th May 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 18 Pictures (CNN) — Learjet. For generations, the name has been synonymous with business jets, with more than 3,000 of the small private jet planes delivered since the first Learjet 23 flew in 1963. In an age when nonstop flights were few, connections long and schedules irregular -- and Zoom meetings the stuff of "Star Trek" rather than reality -- the Learjet became a must-have for corporations needing to whisk executives around the world, and for Hollywood stars jetting from location to location. With a purebred lineage from...