![]() The regulation was finalized on March 28, 1973, but within aviation circles this was viewed as just a setback rather than a sunset for supersonic flight. Acting under this authority, the FAA proposed a regulation to restrict the operation of civil aircraft at speeds greater than Mach 1, unless authorized by the FAA. First, Congress passed the Aircraft Noise Abatement Act of 1968. Little did the pilot and observers know that the sonic boom that shattered the desert calm that morning also became the harbinger of doom for supersonic flight - at least over the continental US. More than a half-century after a Bell X-1 rocket plane shuddered and shook its way through a newly discovered pressure wave with Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager at the controls on October 14, 1947, it is the fastest private jets pushing speed boundaries. From the days of horse-and-buggy transportation - when 60 miles per hour seemed impossible, dangerous and deadly - through to the breaking of the so-called ‘sound barrier,’ we have pursued a thirst for going ever faster. Humans developed the need for speed long ago. ![]()
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