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LN-MOW
04-07-2015, 16:42
Nei, det var ikke Concorde. Eller Tupolev. Eller Coronado ...

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58517/first-commercial-jet-break-sound-barrier-was-not-concorde

On this date in 1961, a jet designed for commercial use became the first civilian craft to go supersonic. It wasn't the famous Concorde, which wouldn't break the sound barrier until an October '69 test flight, or the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144, but rather a humble .....................