As was the case with Concorde, it may only ever be affordable for the super-rich. Supersonic passenger aircraft also have a famously chequered safety record. A Soviet-made Tu-144 crashed just ...
At the time that the Concorde was being developed, there wasn’t just the competition from the Tu-144 team, but also the Boeing 2702 (pictured) and Lockheed L-2000, with the latter two ultimately ...