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Faster than Concorde with cheaper fares?

CNN Thu, Mar 24 8:04 AM PDT 
(CNN)A Colorado startup wants to build supersonic passenger planes faster than Concorde but with fares a quarter of the price -- and Virgin Galactic has just got on board. The Boom airplane would travel at Mach 2.2 -- more than twice the speed of sound and 2.6 times faster than any other airliner -- and fly from New York to London in 3.4 hours. ...

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