Concorde as a "failure" because the sonic boom precluded it overflying land during supersonic flight. The resulting flightpath limitations made it uneconomical.
The same problem arises with scramjet powered AC and is essentially insoluble.
[Concorde was pretty thirsty too.]
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Concorde as a "failure" because the sonic boom precluded it overflying land during supersonic flight. The resulting flightpath limitations made it uneconomical. The same problem arises with scramjet powered AC and is essentially insoluble. [Concorde was pretty thirsty too.]