The author takes a historical look at supersonic flight and humankind's first encounter with the sonic boom. A review is given from the 1950s to the present of the quest to understand the sonic boom, quantify its disturbance on humans and structures, and minimize its effect through aircraft design and operation. Finally, the author reminds readers that sonic boom is only one factor, though critical, in enabling an economically viable commercial supersonic aircraft.


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    Title :

    Affordable/Acceptable Supersonic Flight: Is It Near?


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    JSASS 16th International Session in 40th Aircraft Symposium ; 2002 ; Yokohama, Japan


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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