Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
This is the story of how America’s supersonic dream ended and the subsequent battle between Russia’s TU144 and Europe’s Concorde. It reveals how international politics and the environmental movement wounded the supersonic dream and how Concorde became the most luxurious airliner in the world. But this is also the story of tragedies that ultimately killed the supersonic dream. Could it be revived?
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This is the story of how America’s supersonic dream ended and the subsequent battle between Russia’s TU144 and Europe’s Concorde. It reveals how international politics and the environmental movement wounded the supersonic dream and how Concorde became the most luxurious airliner in the world. But this is also the story of tragedies that ultimately killed the supersonic dream. Could it be revived?
Welcome to PBS America, a channel curated for an international audience from America's Public Broadcasting Service, PBS. This is a factual focussed channel including award-winning American history, current affairs and science.
SIGN UP to our UK broadcast channel weekly highlights at pbsamerica.co.uk
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