supersonic transport
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supersonic transport
First recorded in 1965–70
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Young Mainelli lived in Seattle twice — as a newborn and again in the late 1960s when his dad returned to work on the ill-fated supersonic transport jet project.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
That year, the supersonic transport Concorde took its maiden flight from Toulouse, France, introducing the notion that mere mortals — deep-pocketed mortals — could also soon travel somewhere faster than the speed of sound.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
In the 1970s, Garwin testified against the supersonic transport, the US answer to the British–French Concorde — helping to cement its demise at the hands of Congress.
From Nature ● Feb. 14, 2017
When high-flying supersonic transport aircraft were proposed in the late 1960s, the labs used climate models to analyze how their exhaust gases might affect the stratosphere.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2016
With supersonic military aircraft a reality, and the industry moving forward on commercial supersonic transport, it appeared that the “revolutionary advances for atmospheric aircraft” had run their course.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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