Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner, the Concorde. Discover how engineers made Mach 2 airline flight possible, and meet the scientists wrangling sonic booms to revive the dream of supersonic passenger travel today.

Originally released by PBS, 2018. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 04, 2019.

Introduction: Flying Supersonic (4:00); --Breaking the Sound Barrier (2:38); -- Technological Alliance (3:48); -- Political and Technological Race (4:04); -- Collaborating Efforts (2:15); -- Learning to Fly Supersonic (2:32); -- Technological Reconnaissance (6:24); -- Success, Expense, and Failure (6:42); -- Moving People and Petrol (3:36); -- Noise Pollution (6:31); -- Elite Transport (3:34); -- Wrecked Plane and Market (2:34); -- Engineering Legacy (3:11); -- Credits: Flying Supersonic (0:50); .