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'Lightning speed': Supersonic civilian flights in US skies take another step toward swift return

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced that regulators are moving toward enabling civilian supersonic flights over the continental U.S., which have been banned for decades due to sonic booms.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a rule that sets a noise-based certification standard for supersonic aircraft and signaled that it will propose another rule later this year covering landing and takeoff noise standards for supersonic aircraft.Taken together, the FAA's regulatory moves will give guidance to aircraft manufacturers so they can finalize designs and bring civili...