Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde's last flight in 2003

Good news! Next time you eat a Kiwi ... 😊

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• The fastest aircraft ever to climb from ground level to 20 km.
• First New Zealand-designed and -built aircraft to fly supersonic.
• Highest altitude achieved by an aircraft flown from New Zealand.

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Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde "The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a speed of Mach 1.1 on November 12, 2024."

Dawn Aerospace Achieves Historic Flight - Breaks Sound Barrier and Global Records (original news release)

Look how small this rocket is. A lot smaller than a Concorde! 😊