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Supersonic flight is banned over populated areas. I'm not sure if it's from shattering windows or not.


Grew up in Germany during the Cold War. Sonic booms from military jets were not rare. In the low level flight training areas the population really suffered.


Is there any reason you can't fly subsonic over land, then accelerate to supersonic over the ocean?


Supersonic-capable aircraft tend to be absurdly fuel-inefficient when operating subsonic (for aerodynamic reasons I don't really understand).




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