Aviation Week editors go back through the archives to the origins of supersonic flight, revisiting key programs and exploring the issues that are still challenging high-speed aircraft designers today.

Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles relating to this podcast here:

Letter from Oklahoma City resident on Project Bongo (AW&ST, March 2, 1964, p. 98)
Sonic Boom Report Expected in October (AW&ST, July 13, 1964, p. 28)
Boom Restrictions May Swell SST Costs (AW&ST, Aug. 3, 1964, p. 38)
Concorde is Coming (AW&ST, Feb. 8, 1971, p. 11)

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March 2, 1969: Concorde's first Toulouse test flight (BBC)

June 5, 1963: President John F. Kennedy spoke at U.S. Air Force Academy (JFK Library)

June 4, 1963: JFK phone call to Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon (JFK Library)

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