Commercial aviation was restricted from breaking the sound barrier after a handful of tests in the 1960s showed just how harmful going supersonic could be to those still on the ground. Even just one or two sonic booms can be incredibly loud, but what if there was a plane that made one that was constant? But it was able to push its propellers to speeds past the sound barrier, and become a sonic boom machine, giving it the unofficial record for the loudest plane ever built.
Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Jackson Lambros)
Published at: 2025-09-14 21:25:00
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