{"id":85342,"date":"2018-12-01T01:22:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T09:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/supersonic-air-travel-is-finally-coming-back"},"modified":"2018-12-01T01:22:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T09:22:39","slug":"supersonic-air-travel-is-finally-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/supersonic-air-travel-is-finally-coming-back","title":{"rendered":"Supersonic air travel is finally coming back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8XrEzykeJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supersonic air travel is back. 15 years after the Concorde was grounded, everyone from aerospace companies to NASA to small startups is working to bring back ultrafast civilian aircraft. 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