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Bitmap Image  |  1999-08-05  |  141KB  |  432x324  |  8-bit (85 colors)

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OCR: Fastest Passenger Airrraft About the Conrorde In the late 1970s the Concorde SST (Supersonic Transport) became the world's fastest passenger aircraft is able f at speeds grea ter than Mach 2.2 times faster than the speed of sound The shape of the wing allows : tc fly at altitudes : above 50,000 feet (15,000 m) In spite of its size, it seats Aqua 125 passengers The Concorde's biggest problem the noise crea tes as 11 breaks the sound barrier. Most airports refuse ta let the Concorde land and this has limited its usefulness as passenger airpl lane Airtft Corrorde passer nger Concor wine orly saund

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