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Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

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When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

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