Re: Supersonic flight
"I well remember hearing the sonic boom of an evening, growing up in Cornwall... How come we had to put up with it??"
Not to mention flocks of military birds dashing about. Sometimes going supersonic at stupid'o'clock during their scrambling exercises. Guess you just learn to live with it.
In distant 80's even Tu-160 sonic booms were survivable. Although they certainly catched some attention.