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Recent Examples of supersonic transport
In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.
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Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Lowering the Boom What kept supersonic transport programs like Concorde from reaching full potential forms the basis for a current X program, the X-59.
—Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
The initial plans started in 1956, with the first in a series of studies commissioned by the British Ministry of Supply, which set about exploring the idea of a supersonic transport plane—then, as now, the sole preserve of military jets.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
In that milieu, Mondale had a halting, cautious start and then flourished, championing consumer legislation, co-sponsoring the War Powers Act, and opposing two controversial Nixon-era programs, the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and the supersonic transport (SST).
—David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
Stern likens the mission’s 9.5-year flight through space now culminating with the flyby to spending years riding an escalator and then immediately hopping onto a supersonic transport.
—Rich Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2015
Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Lowering the Boom What kept supersonic transport programs like Concorde from reaching full potential forms the basis for a current X program, the X-59.
—Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
The initial plans started in 1956, with the first in a series of studies commissioned by the British Ministry of Supply, which set about exploring the idea of a supersonic transport plane—then, as now, the sole preserve of military jets.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
In that milieu, Mondale had a halting, cautious start and then flourished, championing consumer legislation, co-sponsoring the War Powers Act, and opposing two controversial Nixon-era programs, the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and the supersonic transport (SST).
—David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
Stern likens the mission’s 9.5-year flight through space now culminating with the flyby to spending years riding an escalator and then immediately hopping onto a supersonic transport.
—Rich Talcott, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic transport
Noun
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Three — and then five — pyrotechnic jets resembling a peacock’s tail feathers issue from a box with two semicircular sides.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
28 June 2025
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Rwanda also has been accused of exploiting eastern Congo's minerals, used in smartphones, advanced fighter jets and much more.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.—
Lidia Kurasinska,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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May 9 marks the anniversary of when part of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed into Tampa Bay after it was struck by a freighter during a storm.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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After learning of the loss of the iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the deaths of all 29 crew members from Newsweek, Gord lifted passages from the article and put them to a dreamy dirge: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system The mandate came into effect in 2013 following the crash of a Colgan Air turboprop plane four years earlier near Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 50 people.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
11 June 2025
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The twin-engine turboprop aircraft was headed to Columbia County Airport in Hudson, about 15 miles northwest of Copake, the FAA said.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
Noun
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The planes, accompanied by refueling tankers, may be on their way to a base in Guam, according to the report.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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One air tanker made a retardant drop at the beginning of the incident, which slowed the spread and helped ground resources contain the fire's growth.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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With Operation Midnight Hammer—a complex operation involving hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels, several dozen Tomahawk missiles, and 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators—America joined Israel’s campaign against Iran’s nuclear program.—
NR Editors,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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Riva’s iconic Italian style will now be weaved into two aircraft in Flexjet’s fleet, under the name Riva Volare.—
Katia Damborsky,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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“Supersonic transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic%20transport. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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