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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Concorde: The World’s Fastest Passenger Airplane
Description: Almost as soon as Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, people began thinking of ways to transport passengers at supersonic speeds. However, the challenges in creating a passenger aircraft that could travel at supersonic speeds were much greater than making a fighter aircraft that could do the same. In 1976, a British/French consortium launched the inaugural flight of the most successful supersonic passenger aircraft in history. Learn more about the Concorde on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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