# Did I miss seeing the Concorde fly \[Southwestern US @ 1990\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 26, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973 "2021-05-26T18:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/21 "2021-06-07T15:50:53Z")
Maybe they’re back again. > **[United Airlines (UAL) Inks Agreement With Boom Supersonic](https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/united-airlines-ual-inks-agreement-with-boom-supersonic-2021-06-07)** > > United Airlines UAL announced an agreement with Denver based aerospace company — Boom Supersonic, to add supersonic aircrafts to its fleet. By doing so, United Airlines becomes the first U.S.- based airline to ink a deal with Boom Supersonic. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/22 "2021-06-07T16:00:56Z")
One difference, though. The Concorde was the product of established British and French aviation companies, while Boom is a startup that’s been around for half a decade or so. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/23 "2021-06-07T16:40:06Z")
> [@cytop](#): > > TBH it was probably a little higher Technical Building C was tall enough to be level with Concorde taking off, and Technical Building H was _even higher_?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/24 "2021-06-08T17:55:30Z")
There have been many media announcements of upcoming supersonic airliners in the past decades that you never heard of shortly thereafter. It’s hard to give much credence to this one. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/25 "2021-06-10T14:50:46Z")
We shall see. I’m kinda with you. I’ll believe it when it happens. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/26 "2021-06-10T23:45:23Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > Maybe they’re back again. > > [https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/united-airlines-ual-inks-agreement-with-boom-supersonic-2021-06-07](https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/united-airlines-ual-inks-agreement-with-boom-supersonic-2021-06-07) As Colin Jost says, get ready to fly fast and cheap on the only airliner named after the sound of an explosion! So far as I’m aware, nobody has solved the whole sonic boom problem, which means flying over land is a non-starter. Maybe these folks have a way to fly over the ocean without being a fuel-guzzling energy nightmare, but I’ll believe it when I see it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/27 "2021-06-11T01:10:22Z")
Ref the Boom, see also this dedicated thread on an allied topic: > [@Supersonic Airliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supersonic-airliner/943774): > > From the Concorde thread. With the way the world has changed in the last 18 months, does anyone really believe that there is a market for this? ---
**Author:** ![cytop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/28 "2021-06-11T10:37:48Z")
OK - I’m a little slow this month and that flew right over my head on first read… Touché ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/29 "2021-06-15T22:00:24Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Civilian supersonic flight was banned over US territory in 1973, meaning Concorde could only fly on oversea routes. I believe it meant that Concorde had to stay under a certain speed while over the US, but it didn’t mean that it couldn’t fly at all. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973/30 "2021-06-15T22:07:28Z")
I worked cabin service for the Concorde in DFW. Not sure where it was coming from or where it was going though. I believe they flew under British Airways. (It was many moons ago so the memories are vague) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-seeing-the-concorde-fly-southwestern-us-1990/942973.md?page=1)