Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe’s Concorde, the Soviet TU144 and the American Boeing 2707. From the post-war jet boom to the successful flights of the TU144 and Concorde in 1968-1969, examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage that surrounded the attempt to make the fastest airliner on earth.

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