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More Great Links

• BBC News: Concorde Timeline
• British Airways: Concorde
• PBS Nova Online: Supersonic Spies
• National Air and Space Museum How Things Fly: Faster than Sound
• BBC News - Concorde: What went wrong?
• BBC News - New clue to Concorde crash

Technical Information

• The Unofficial Concorde Home Page
• Concorde SST
• Jane's Transport: AEROSPATIALE BAC CONCORDE

Other SSTs

• The Tu -144LL: A Supersonic Flying Laboratory
• Hiller Aviation Museum: The Story of America's First Supersonic Transport

Future of SSTs

• New SST Design
• Supersonic Transport Aircraft (SST): Technology Readiness and Development Risks
• National Aero-Space Plane: Flight mechanics
• ABC News: If They Build It, Will They Fly?
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Aeronautics

• Aeronautics: An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology - PDF